


Scope of Services
The senior members of our Marine & Ports team are frequently called upon to give expert advice in arbitration and court hearings. The following provides an indication of the wide range of services available:
- Charter party disputes
- Collision & grounding incidents
- Compliance audits for shipowners
- Deadfreight calculations
- Dredging studies
- Expert witness
- 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
- Ship safety & stability studies
- Shipboard accidents & personal injury claims
- 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