Membership

2703 Universal Trade Centre
3 Arbuthnot Road
Central
HONG KONG
Tel: +852 9867 8011
Tel : +852 9300 2860 (24 hr)
Fax: +852 2865 6571
Web: www.andrew-moore.com
Email: David.Browne@andrew-moore.com
Prinicpal Contact
David Browne

82 Northbourne Avenue
Braddon
ACT 2612
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6279 5627
Email: GMResponse@amsa.gov.au
Web: www.amsa.gov.au

Principal Contacts

Julian Mitchell
(General Manager Marine Environment Division (MERCOM))

Principal Contact:

Captain John Owen
(Principal)
john.owen@berniciamarine.com

Grosser Burstah 36-38
20457 Hamburg
GERMANY
Tel: +49 40 37 50 33 90
Website: www.brand-marine.com
Email: info@brand-marine.com
Dennis Brand
Managing Director
Mobile: +49 172 40 50145
Email: dennis.brand@brand-marine.com
Description
CASUALTY MANAGEMENT
We are ready to go whenever and wherever salvage and/or wreck removal is needed. We support our clients during the most complex casualty situations with a 24/7 emergency response service and complete aftercare. Thanks to the experience gathered from hundreds of casualty management projects and our global network we serve our clients with reliable response anywhere and at any time.
CASUALTY/DAMAGE INVESTIGATION
The team at brand MARINE CONSULTANTS has experience from its participation in hundreds of casualty investigations and damage surveys. This gives us the ability to investigate the cause of any marine and/or offshore casualty. We are ready to go 24/7 and are fully prepared to travel worldwide. We provide our clients with high quality and “straight to the point” reports that cover repair costs, root causes and regress opportunities.
We are prepared to advise our clients during the aftercare of a casualty. Our global network allows us to provide our clients with fast response surveys.
MARINE/OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
At brand MARINE CONSULTANTS we are prepared to support and advise our clients during complex and unique operations. This service includes risk assessment and risk management that comes hand-in-hand with an overview of technical and commercial topics. It is our goal to be a part of our client’s decision-making process, hereby ensuring high-quality service and positive results.
BUSINESS CONSULTING
The team at brand MARINE CONSULTANTS has experience in assisting new businesses and restructuring existing businesses. We are in a position to support and to advise our clients during the complex process of starting or developing a new business within the Marine and Offshore sectors.“

Principal Contact:

Adrian Scales
(Partner/SCR)

Description

Founded in 1903, Brookes Bell Brookes Bell is a leading international, multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consultancy serving the marine and energy sectors.

From humble beginnings in Liverpool, we now operate in London, Glasgow, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore and enjoy a reputation for being the ‘go to’ firm for expert witness, technical dispute resolution, forensic analysis and casualty investigation.

Our full time personnel have unrivalled expertise across a broad range of inter-related disciplines including Marine, Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Master Mariners, Naval Architects, Consulting Scientists, Fire Investigators and Metallurgists, enabling complex projects to be delivered through a single point of contact. This wealth of practical experience is combined with cutting-edge in-house technology.

We investigate, survey, troubleshoot, manage and advise on a broad range of marine and energy matters including, amongst others, SCR appointments, salvage and wreck removal projects, scientific cargo expertise, casualty investigation, litigation support, design support, superyacht services, bespoke software products and energy & marine loss adjusting.

Brookes Bell Group’s reputation for excellence is found upon integrity and proficiency and we are proud to call the world’s most eminent P&I Clubs, Shipowners, Charterers, Underwriters, Cargo Owners, Lawyers, Salvors, Shipyards, Average Adjusters and Government Departments our clients.

via Leonida Bissolati, 76
00187 Roma
Italy
Tel: Tel: +39 06 515081
Fax: +39 06 5150835
Fax: +39 3357101878
email: alessandro.vettori@castalia.it
Email: alessandro.vettori@castalia.it
Website: www.castalia.it
Principal Contacts
Project Manager: Alessandro Vettori

The company TUGS CHATZIGAVRIIL is a family company, which was founded in 1993 in Alexandroupoli as a small enterprise with big however prospects and objectives.
Beginning from the harbour of Alexandroupoli, which the company serves exclusively, she accomplished it advances also in the towages of open sea inside and except Greece as also
and in Salvage successfully.

Allocating, the unique tug boat of salvage for open seas in all the Northern Aegean, which is found on 24 hours base available, it ensures thus direct intervention whenever and where exists need.

The company elected itself shortly in the space of benefit of shipping services, based on the suitable equipment, the sufficient know-how, the continuously accumulated long-lasting experience in the towages and rescues of boats and naturally in a very well educated personnel.

With stations at Alexandoupoli in Greece, we are able to rapidly respond to any emergency, along with performing routine operations, in the areas of The Mediterranean, the Black and the Red Sea. Our Operation Office is manned around-the-clock,24 hours per day, 365 days a year, ensuring reliable, effective and efficient port operations. We are ready to handle any Salvage request with an immediate response guarantee.

1 Stoke Road
Guildford
Surrey GU1 4HW
UK
Tel: +44 1483 555555
Fax: +44 1483 567330
Email: info@clydeco.com
Website: https://www.clydeco.com/en

Principal Contacts
Martin Hall (Partner)

Principle Contact

Ashok Kumar
e: ashok@divetechuae.com

Principal Contact:
Dr. Ann Fenech
Email: ann.fenech@fenlex.com

Description
Fenech and Fenech Advocates is Malta’s oldest law firm. It was founded in 1891. Over the years it has gone from strength to strength, offering services for private clients and multinationals. As a multidisciplinary law firm, all types of legal issues and disputes are dealt with, including shipping and international corporate matters.
Fenech and Fenech Advocates is the only law firm on the island with a designated Marine Litigation Department. This department handles at least 75% of all shipping casualties that take place around Malta and the same proportion of all shipping casualties involving Maltese registered vessels worldwide.
The Marine Litigation Department offers 24-hour service, with immediate access to other professionals, such as naval architects, marine engineers, fire experts and overseas lawyers.

24/7 Emergency Response
Emergency response can be reached on the following numbers: –
Marine: +44 (0) 207 280 9300
Yachts : +44 (0) 7875 409 647
London
Hill Dickinson LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London
EC2A 2EW
Tel: +44 (0)20 7283 9033
Fax: +44 (0)20 7283 1144
Email: enquiry@hilldickinson.com
Website: www.hilldickinson.com
Emergency contacts:
Philip Haddon – philip.haddon@hilldickinson.com
Mobile:+44 7836 262859
Ian MacLean – ian.maclean@hilldickinson.com
Mobile:+44 7889 643956
Robert Wallis – robert.wallis@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +44 7836 227 706
Maria Pittordis – maria.pittordis@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +44 7768 112 382
Liverpool
No. 1 St. Paul’s Square
Liverpool
L3 9SJ
Tel: +44 (0)151 600 8000
Fax: +44 (0)151 600 8001
Singapore
8 Shenton Way
AXA Tower
#49-02/03
Singapore 068811
Singapore
Tel: +65 6576 4747
Fax: +65 6576 4748
Emergency contacts:
Tony Goldsmith – tony.goldsmith@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +65 9155 3153
Andrew Lee – andrew.lee@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +65 9155 8404
Greece
2 Defteras Merarchias St
Piraeus
185, 35
Greece
Tel: +30 210 428 4770
Fax: +30 210 428 4777
Emergency contacts:
Patrick Hawkins – patrick.hawkins@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +30 6944 314 221
Andrew Dyer – andrew.dyer@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +30 6972 848 382
Hong Kong
Room 2102, 21st Floor
Tower Two, Lippo Centre
89 Queensway
Admiralty
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2525 7525
Fax: +852 2525 7526
Emergency contacts:
Michael Mallin – michael.mallin@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +852 60307669
Damien Laracy – damienlaracy@laracyco.com
Mobile: +852 9758 9825, direct: +852 2525 7528
Monaco
Palais Saint James
5 Avenue Princesse Alice
MC98000 Monaco
Tel: +377 9770 0460
Fax: +377 9770 0469
Emergency contacts:
David Reardon – david.reardon@hilldickinson.com
Mobile: +33 643 867 373

Principal Contact:

Duncan Cuthill, General Manager
Email: duncan.cuthill@rigmar.co.uk

Interocean is a Rigmar Group Company. Formed in 2007, we are marine and engineering consultants and recognised as a leading provider of rig move and towage services on a worldwide basis. Our expert team consists of Master Mariners, Naval Architects, Engineers and Surveyors with in-depth experience and knowledge of the offshore energy sector.

We are available 24/7 for 365 days of the year for urgent technical advice and assistance or to provide prompt mobilisation of expert tow masters, marine surveyors or engineers from our offices in the UK, UAE and Canada.

Our scope of services includes:

• Towage and Marine Transportation Projects: Ocean tows – wet tows, dry tows and loadouts
• Rig Move Services: Jack-up and Semi-submersible drilling rigs
• Casualty response: 24/7 response, support and supervision and technical advice
• Mooring Operations: Specialists in mooring over complex subsea infrastructure and in deep water locations
• Marine Warranty Services: Documentation Reviews, Site Attendances and Location Approvals
• Risk Management
• Marine Project Management
• Marine Consultancy & Assurance
• Offshore Engineers and Naval Architects
• Offshore Survey and Positioning Services

One Lime Street
LONDON, EC3M 7HA
Tel: +44 20 7327 5408
Fax: +44 20 7327 6827
Website: http://www.lloydsagency.com
Description
Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch (SAB) is responsible for the administration of Lloyd’s Standard Form of Salvage Agreement (or Lloyd’s Open Form – LOF – as it is more commonly referred to). LOF provides a regime for determining the amount of remuneration to be awarded to salvors for their services in saving property at sea and minimising or preventing damage to the environment.
SAB’s main duties include:-
• The collection of salvage securities, thereby allowing the vessel and cargo to proceed on the voyage
• The appointment of arbitrators in cases where parties are unable to reach an amicable settlement
• Publication and distribution of arbitrators’ Awards to the parties involved
• The collection and payment of Award funds.
SAB also collates LOF statistical information. It produces a digest of important legal issues which have arisen in LOF arbitrations since the introduction of LOF 1980.
To obtain up-to-date information on the latest LOF cases, as well as details on the background and workings of LOF and the digest, visit the SAB web-site: http://www.lloydsagency.com
Principal Contacts
Manager: Kevin Clarke Email: Kevin.clarke@lloyds.com

Principal Contact
Henk Smith
h.smith@marinemasters.nl

We are the Insurance brokers for a number of ISU members and would assert that we probably have more experience in insuring salvage and wreck removal operations than any other insurance broker in the world: David Smith and Quentin Brooksbank have placed insurances on behalf of ISU members for over 100 salvage and wreck removal cases including of recent note the wreck removal of the “Costa Concordia”, “M/V Smart”, “Kea Trader” and the Norwegian frigate “Helga Ingstadt” .

45 Moorfields
London EC2Y 9AE
UK
Tel: +44 20 7330 8000
Fax: +44 20 7256 6778
Emergency contact number: +44 20 7330 8099
Description
MFB, formerly known as More Fisher Brown, is a specialist shipping law firm which was established in 1988. The firm has expanded to 26 fee earners, of whom 12 are partners, and we recently moved to a new riverside office on the north bank of the Thames.
Our Admiralty/Casualty Response team, comprising of legally qualified Master Mariners, has extensive expertise in responding to maritime casualties on a worldwide basis. The firm regularly advises P&I Clubs, other insurers and salvors in relation to all aspects of accident investigation and response, including collisions, grounding, salvage and towage, fires, wreck removal, container losses, pollution, unsafe ports and resulting general average. We offer advice on BIMCO Wreck and Lloyd’s Open Form salvage contracts, and we select and work with lawyers and experts in the relevant jurisdictions as required.
Principal Contacts
Mike Mitchell: +44 7799 898069
Helene Hunter-Davies: +44 7854 138538

Königinstr. 107
80802 Munich
GERMANY
Tel: +49 89 3891-3438
Email: sfroehlich@munichre.com
Web: http://www.munichre.com
Principal contact
Stefan Froehlich

125 Wood Street
London EC2V 7AW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 3000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7457 3240

Web: http://www.penningtonslaw.com

Principal Contact:

Tony Riches, Solicitor
Email: tony.riches@penningtonslaw.com

Principal Contact:
Engr MD Golam Sarwar
(Managing Director)
Email: sarwar@prantik.net

Contact: Dennis Kusters

Contact: Lars Brenne

Contact: Bastian Lenge

RollDock Shipping is an owner and operator of six “semisubmersible dock vessels” and two “open wide deck carriers”. All our vessels are tramping world wide. The HQ of RollDock is based in Capelle aan den Ijssel,The Netherlands. Further office hubs are in Houston, Hamburg, Dubai, Singapore and Japan.

Main contact: Bert van Grieken, Commercial Director

Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Bay 1/14 Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
Hampshire SO15 1EG
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 2380 329517
Fax: +44 (0) 2380 329321
Email: stephan.hennig@mcga.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency
Description
The post of Secretary of State’s Representative (SOSREP) was established as part of the UK Government’s response to Lord Donaldson’s review of salvage, intervention and command and control.
On behalf of the Secretary of State, the SOSREP oversees, controls and, if necessary, intervenes to exercise “ultimate command and control”. He acts in the overriding interest of the UK in salvage operations in UK waters involving vessels or fixed platforms, where there is significant risk of pollution. Adoption of this approach represents an international first for the UK.
Whilst completely independent, the SOSREP is based at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Headquarters in Southampton and relies upon the resources provided by the agency. The MCA is responsible throughout the UK for implementing the Government’s maritime safety policy. This includes co-ordinating search and rescue at sea (through Her Majesty’s Coastguard) and ensuring that ships meet UK and international safety rules. The MCA works to prevent the loss of lives at the coast and at sea, to ensure that ships are safe and to prevent coastal pollution.
Principal Contacts
SOSREP: Stephan Hennig Email: stephan.hennig@mcga.gov.uk

Rådhusgaten 27, 0158 Oslo
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1376 Vika
N-0114 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22 00 22 00
Fax: +47 22 42 42 22
Website: www.skuld.com

Principal Contact:
Assistant Vice President, Global Head of Casualty Response, Andreas Øgrey
e-mail: andreas.ogrey@skuld.com

Description:
SKULD is a world leading marine insurance provider with a strong financial position and an ‘A’ rating with Standard & Poor’s. We cater to the needs of shipowners, the offshore and energy sector, charterers and traders, ports and terminals, cargo and the superyacht community.

SKULD was established in Oslo in 1897 as a P&I club for Scandinavian shipowners. Since then, we have grown into a diversified marine insurer and now offer bespoke covers through Skuld P&I, Skuld SMA and Skuld 1897, a syndicate at Lloyd’s.

With headquarters in Oslo and a worldwide office network of around 270 highly skilled employees, we provide our members and clients with service and competence they can rely on, 24 hours a day.

Pastorieplein 6/2-03
B 8020 Oostkampt
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 47 77 29 937
Fax: +32 50 32 16 86
Mob: +32 477 72 99 37
Email: stefaan@soenenbvba.be
Web: www.soenenbvba.be
Principal Contacts:
Stefaan Soenen

TWD is an engineering design consultancy actively involved in salvage, offshore wind, oil and gas and heavy civil projects world wide for the past 12 years. Our team is comprised +150 engineers, naval architects and designers, with offices in Rotterdam, London and Athens. Typically, our projects are bespoke solutions for T&I of heavy components in marine environments. TWD has been working closely together with several members of the ISU on projects like Costa Concordia, Flinterstar and Kea Trader. Throughout our active areas we design seafastenings, lifting tools, lift operations design, afloat stability analysis and ballasting procedure design. We also offer procurement and fabrication assistance services world-wide. With the recent cooperation with several well experienced salvage masters, TWD strives to further support this industry. We comply with all requirements of certifying authorities. Our in-house expertise in mechanical and structural engineering and naval architecture allows us a reputation to rapidly respond to requests in a diligent manner.

White Chapel Building, 2nd Floor
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS
Tel: +44 (0)20 7488 0911
Fax: +44 (0)20 7480 5806
Email: info@shipownersclub.com
Website: http://www.shipownersclub.com
Description
The Shipowners’ P&I Club is the only member of the International Group to focus on smaller and more specialised vessels. The Club has a particular specialisation in offshore risks generally, including the cover of towage and salvage liabilities.
Principal Contacts
Chief Executive: Simon Swallow Email: simon.swallow@shipowners.co.uk

150 Minories
London EC3N 1LS

Tel.: +44 20 7929 0268
Tel: +44 7885 026554
Web: http://www.tugadvise.com
Principal Contacts
Simon Tatham
E-mail : simon.tatham@tugadvise.com

Description

We are solicitors specialising in the law of tug and towage, salvage, wreck removal and related areas of practice.
Our team comprises some of the most experienced lawyers in the business, with over 200 combined years of practice and having handled over 500 LOF arbitrations. We have 2 ex-mariners one who was also for 12 years in-house counsel of a major international tug and salvage operator based in the Netherlands, two QCs who are former Lloyd’s Arbitrators and a former Royal Marine amongst the team.

We cooperate with experts whose backgrounds are as former tug masters, operations or chartering executives bringing a unique depth of experience to any issues. We advise operators, insurers, P&I Clubs, charterers or hirers on contracts such as LOF / SCOPIC, SUPPLYTIME, TOWCON / TOWHIRE, UK Standard Conditions for Towage etc, BIMCO wreck removal agreements, BARGECON and hybrid agreements. We also handle sale and purchase transactions.

Van Heck operates on an international level in the field of water management and movement. With its diversity in pump units, Van Heck operates from dredging, salvage and offshore operations to sewer renovation and cool water applications. Every operation can be customized to meet the wishes of the client and the project’s demands.
Van Heck’s equipment is designed and built on their own premises. Van Heck is constantly innovating and developing its fleet.
In 2012, Van Heck started to use its proven expertise in water pumps to develop a new, innovative system for “green and easy oil recovery”, the Sea Trophy. This oil pump enables fast oil recovery out of fuel or cargo tanks if a ship is in distress or when incorrect fuelling has taken place. The aim of the Sea Trophy is to provide the ship with the ability to recover the fuel or cargo tank’s content in case of an emergency, when no other on-board equipment can help. www.seatrophy.com
Van Heck operates world-wide from the Netherlands and Singapore.
Principal Contacts
Managing Director: JGM Van Heck

Principal Contacts

Sophie-Jane Hunt
(Managing Partner)
sjhunt@winterscott.co.uk

Winter Scott is a firm of maritime and commercial lawyers specialising in maritime and admiralty law, insurance and commercial litigation. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in dealing with salvors, owners, charterers, P&I Clubs, Defence Clubs, hull insurers and other commercial parties.
Our aim is to:
– Provide an excellent legal service
– Provide value for money
– Enjoy working with our clients