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,...

Mooring of offshore structures • Drilling rig relocation and mooring • Marine operations - general • Marine operations - oil and gas sector • Marine operations - renewables sector • Marine warranty - drilling rigs • Marine warranty - offshore projects • Vessel charters

My fields of expertise are set out in my website & include: • Yacht & small craft surveying • Investigations into damage, accidents, etc. • Construction & repair supervision - I am Consultant Surveyor to the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy • Registrations • MCA & RCD coding • I am currently taking a course in cargo surveying • Associate Member of the Academy of Experts • I am a Qualified Paralegal & a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals in respect of which I have professional indemnity insurance...