Marine & Ports



Marine & Ports

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Key Personnel


		Anthony Severn - Director Long serving member of the Energy Institute's (formerly the Institute of Petroleum) Oil Loss Control Committee. Associate Member of the Nautical Institute. Joined the firm in 1983, following an early career as a tanker officer. Has extensive experience in the management and co-ordination of the Company’s marine consultancy projects and survey assignments. Online CV

		Stephen Radford - Senior Consultant Marine Engineer with comprehensive experience of all main vessel types, specialising in sale and purchase and on and off hire condition surveys and marine superintendence work. Hull and machinery damage investigation. Vessel performance claims. Drawing up, costing and supervising dry dockings, major repairs and modifications. *Online CV*

		Dr Roger Maddrell - Senior Consultant Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Geological Society, Fellow of the Academy of Experts and Accredited Mediator. Highly experienced in coastal engineering, harbour and port design, engineering and construction, dredging and reclamation, feasibility studies and risk assessments, harbour and port damage claims. Online CV

		David Jacobs - Senior Consultant Master Mariner and Marine Surveyor with extensive international experience of ship and/or cargo damage incidents, pollution and port operations. Possesses wide experience of vessel types and wet and dry cargoes, including food produce, e.g. sugar, rice, cereals, oil seeds, frozen fish, etc., bulk liquids, containerised and refrigerated cargoes. Formerly senior P&I correspondent in West Africa with wide regional experience. Online CV.

Duncan Waller – Senior Consultant. Member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners with extensive international experience of the investigation of marine casualties, ship and cargo damage incidents encompassing the full range of vessel types. Following a career at sea, has worked internationally in the field of marine consultancy and surveying for 25 years, including the running of a survey office in Dubai. Expertise in claims analysis and the preparation of reports for litigation. *Online CV* Chris Kelly – Consultant. Member of the Nautical Institute, Institute of Petroleum, Royal Institute of Navigation, and of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors. Master Mariner. Ship surveys, cargo and vessel damage and steel pre-shipment surveys. Casualty investigation. Auditing of Quality and Safety Management Systems to the requirements of ISO and the ISM Code. *Online CV*		Dr Phil Smith – Consultant. Chartered Chemist, Marine Ecologist, with over 20 years experience in oil spill environmental impact studies, ecological surveys and assessment of the impacts of contaminants (metals and organics) on water, sediments, invertebrates and fish. Online CV John Wolfe-Barry - Consultant. Senior civil engineering consultant with extensive international experience specialising in all aspects of port design and operation, feasibility and construction of port facilities including breakwaters, berths, dredged channels and cargo handling. Major claim analysis and preparation of reports for litigation. Online CV


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Background

		The CWA Marine & Ports Group provides consultancy and surveying services over a wide range of applications. Our marine work is accomplished through a register of experienced professionals including master mariners, marine, civil and port development engineers and marine environmental specialists. The core work of the group is centred on the investigation of marine casualties, ship and cargo damage incidents and the analysis of claims. The group also performs project work involving navigational risk and environmental impact studies, berth design and related port development projects, including dredging, towage, oil pollution clean-up and other port services.

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Scope of Services


Collision & grounding incidents Compliance audits for shipowners Deadfreight calculations Dredging studies Expert witness Charter party disputes Handling & stowage of dry & bulk cargoes Heavy weather claims Hull, machinery & cargo damage Incident investigation worldwide Loss prevention studies Navigation, pilotage & seamanship Pollution incident investigation and modelling	Port development feasibility studies Shipboard accidents & personal injury claims Ship safety & stability studies Speed & fuel consumption analysis Structural engineering & naval architect studies Studies of ports, harbours, terminals & offshore facilities Supervision of repairs afloat & in dry dock Technical due diligence assessments on behalf of investors Training Unsafe berth investigations Vessel condition surveys Wreck removal & salvage
The senior members of our Marine & Ports team are frequently called upon to give expert advice in arbitration and court hearings.

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Typical Projects

Applied Risk Assessment of Major Lock System, UK Fire and Explosion Investigation of Laden Tanker Casualty Loss by Fire of Cargo Vessel Carrying Dangerous Goods Marine Casualties Oil Salvage and Environmental Damage Control Port Rehabilitation Study (Baltic)	Risk Assessment Study for Port Development Project, UAE Safety in Navigation Safety Study of Port Complex, United Arab Emirates Seamanship and Navigation Sub-Sea Refinery Pipeline Project, Croatia Unsafe Port Installations Vessel Performance Trials