Marine Cargo Investigation
For many years we have been utilizing our wide range of disciplines together with our unparalleled investigative experience to supply assistance and advice in marine cargo investigations.
Services
- Advice on the precautions to be adopted prior to the shipment of toxic or reactive cargoes
- Technical assistance in the management of a hazardous occurrence, should one arise
- Prompt on-site assistance when a problem arises, providing technical advice on causation, containment and consequences
- Advice on cargo spoilage and contamination, including microbiological contamination or degradation
- Investigation into the cause of an incident
- Assistance during the course of any subsequent litigation
- Expert evidence in civil Courts, Arbitrations and public investigation inquiries in the USA and worldwide
- Advice on the analysis of samples can be provided by our analytical chemists who have a wide experience of many analytical techniques. They can also recommend specialist laboratories around the world that would be the most appropriate for a particular problem
Experience
- Self heating of bulk cargoes including organic materials and direct reduced iron (DRI)
- Contamination and off-specification of chemical cargoes and fuels
- The generation and release of flammable gases from bulk and other cargoes
- Ammunition, explosives
- Sea water damage to iron and steel products, bulk ores and chemicals
- Advice on cargo spoilage and contamination, including microbiological contamination or degradation
- Compatibility of cargo tank coatings
- Pollution caused by spillage of cargoes