Role of the Prudent Shipmaster: • Marine accident investigation • Charter Party disputes • Unsafe ports & berths • Due diligence • Navigation • Collisions • Groundings • Seamanship • ISM code • Hold cleanliness • Hatch covers • Cargo stowage & securing Ship operations: • Ship management • Ship performance • Seaworthiness • Passage planning • Fumigation • Liquefaction • Ship-handling • Weather routing • Containers Bulk cargoes: coal, concentrates, grain, ore, fertilizer, steel, timber, rice, sugar, DRI, fines, scrap, cement, sulphur Tankers: crude oil,...

Over 35 years' experience in mineral resource assessment, geotechnical engineering, planning and design aspects of surface minerals, landfill and civil engineering developments involving: • Experience of preparing and presenting expert evidence at public inquiry and in court • Mineral resource evaluations and due diligence studies • Detailed geotechnical studies including geotechnical appraisals and assessments consistent with the requirements of the Quarries Regulations 1999 • Geotechnical design and risk assessment...

Valuation of mineral projects • Mining geology • Mineral economics • Mineral evaluation • Platinum group element exploration & production • Gold exploration & production • Mining feasibility • Technical & financial appraisal of mining projects • Mining finance • Environmental impact of mining • Valuation of mineral projects • Extractive industry finance • Coal projects • Mining methods • Extractive metallurgy • Mineral reserves & resources • Base metal projects • Metals & energy project appraisal & finance • Financial services • Mining & petroleum...

I can accept instructions and give an opinion on matters relating to Commissioning & Start-Up (CSU) and Systems Completion. My skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience are applicable across a range of industries and types of project: • Renewable energy • Onshore oil and gas • Offshore oil and gas • Downstream petrochemicals • Pharmaceuticals • Nuclear new build • Nuclear decommissioning • Process plants and facilities • Greenfield and brownfield modifications • Shutdowns/turnarounds on plants and facilities

Experienced consultant and expert witness in quarrying, open pit mining, geotechnical engineering (both mining and civil engineering), health and safety in quarries and mines • Chartered Mining Engineer, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, former Chartered Geologist • Extensive experience in consulting, contracting and managing mining and quarrying operations in both technical and production capacities • Works extensively in the UK, Europe and Africa • Expert evidence given in mineral extraction, slope stability...

Front end engineering, design, construction and commissioning of process plant, pipelines and above-ground storage tanks.