Marine Casualty Investigation

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Marine Casualty Investigation

Service Offering:

MCE provides a specialist service to underwriters, P&I clubs, and ship owners, investigating, reporting, and providing expert witness services on marine and energy casualties.

Using a combination of first-class marine engineers, experienced master mariners, and specialist engineers, we work with our clients to determine the cause, nature, and extent of marine accidents and casualties.

What is our role in Marine Casuality Investigation (MCI)

We provide IMPARTIAL expert advice to the various parties including:

·       The ship owner/manager/charterer

·       Hull and machinery underwriters

·       Cargo underwriters

·       The P&I Club

·       Legal representatives

What is the scope of our work

·       Establish the root cause of the casualty

·       The nature, and extent of the damage

·       Agree to the extent of repairs.

·       Estimate the potential cost of the incident, both direct and consequential.

·       We advise on the potential exposure to the liability.

·       Technical & engineering services.

Our resources

·       Dedicated teams of experienced marine and engineering personnel.

·       Access to both third party and in-house software.

·       Strategically placed surveyors to attend marine casualties on short notice.

 Our expertise extends to the investigation of losses relating to:

  • Fixed and floating object damage
  • Consequences of fuel contamination
  • Hull and machinery damage
  • Navigation and seamanship
  • Pollution
  • Shipboard operations, shipbuilding and ship-repair disputes
  • Seaworthiness
Our capabilities

·       Motions analysis

·       Mooring analysis

·       Calculation of grounded reactions / multiple body interactions

·       Intact and damaged stability calculations

·       Longitudinal strength analysis (static and dynamic)

·       Structural integrity analysis

·       Tide level change simulation

What do we offer·       Any potential legal work is checked on a global basis to ensure that we do not suffer a
conflict of interest.

·       Evaluate if the potential claim is spurious, or whether another party may be liable.

·       Our surveyors can act as expert witness when claims result in litigation.

Service Offering:

MCE provides a specialist service to underwriters, P&I clubs and ship owners to investigate, report and provide expert witness service on marine and energy casualties.

Using a combination of first-class marine engineers, experienced master mariners and specialist engineers, we work with our Clients to determine the cause, nature and extent of marine accidents and casualties.

What is our role in Marine Casuality Investigation (MCI)

We provide IMPARTIAL expert advice to the various parties including:

  • The ship owner/manager/charterer
  •  Hull and machinery underwriters
  • Cargo underwriters
  • The P&I Club
  • Legal representatives

What is the scope of our work

  • Establish the root cause of the casualty.
  • The nature, and extent of the damage.
  • Agree to the extent of repairs.
  • Estimate the potential cost of the incident, both direct and consequential.
  • We advise on the potential  exposure to the liability.
  • Technical & engineering services.

Our resources

  • Dedicated teams of experienced marine and engineering personnel.
  • Access to both third party and in-house software.
  • Strategically placed surveyors to attend marine casualties on short notice.

Our expertise extends to the investigation of losses relating to:

  • Fixed and floating object damage.
  • Consequences of fuel contamination.
  • Hull and machinery damage.
  • Navigation and seamanship.
  • Pollution.
  • Shipboard operations, shipbuilding and ship-repair disputes.
  • Seaworthiness.

Our capabilities

  • Motions analysis.
  • Mooring analysis.
  • Calculation of grounded reactions / multiple body interactions.
  • Intact and damaged stability calculations.
  • Longitudinal strength analysis (static and dynamic).
  • Structural integrity analysis.
  • Tide level change simulation.

What do we offer

  • Any potential legal work is checked on a global basis to ensure that we do not suffer a conflict of interest.
  • Evaluate if the potential claim is spurious, or whether another party may be liable.
  • Our surveyors can act as expert witness when claims result in litigation.
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