Membership

Contact: Mark Alford

5th Floor
6 Bevis Marks
London EC3A 7BA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 3142 4350
Website: https://www.aqualisbraemar.com

Principal Contacts:

Dirk Jan Osinga
(Director Salvage Consulting)
Email: dirkjan.osinga@aqualisbraemar.com

Description

AqualisBraemar ASA (OSE: Aqua) is a public listed company that offers adjusting, marine, offshore and renewables consultancy services to the energy, shipping and insurance industries. The group employs specialist engineers, naval architects, master mariners, SCRs, loss adjusters and technical consultants in 48 offices located across 5 continents in 33 countries. AqualisBraemar ASA operates under three distinct brands globally:

• AqualisBraemar: a leading adjusting, marine and offshore consultancy to the energy, shipping and insurance industries
• AqualisBraemar Yacht Services: a specialised marine consultant to the superyacht market
• Offshore Wind Consultants: an independent consultancy to the offshore renewables sector”

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.

Principal Contacts:

Dan Schwall
(Senior Vice President)
dschwall@4barges.com

Samina Mahmood
smahmood@4barges.com

Principal Contact:

Adrian Goodger (Director)

Biesboschhaven Noord 7
4251 NL Werkendam
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 183 40 44 30
Info@conquestoffshore.com
Principal contact
Karst van der Wiel

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.

Principal Contact
Ms Lucy Lu (PA to General Manager)

Friary Court
65 Crutched Friars
London EC3N 2AE, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7264 8000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7264 8888
Website: http://www.hfw.com
Offices also in Paris, Rouen, Brussels, Geneva, Piraeus, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth & Sao Paulo.
Description
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) is a global law firm with over 450 lawyers across 14 offices in 11 countries. We specialise in advising clients in the aviation, banking, commodities, construction, insurance/reinsurance, logistics, mining, offshore, energy, oil & gas, ports & terminals, shipping, super-yachts and private aircraft sectors, specifically.
HFW’s shipping lawyers are listed in the Legal 500 and Chambers legal directories as a top-tier firm for shipping work, winning numerous global awards. We provide a comprehensive service to the global shipping and offshore business community, and have over 140 lawyers worldwide specialising in all aspects of maritime law. HFW has one of the largest Admiralty and Crisis Management practices in the world, dealing with the full range of legal issues that arise from collisions, groundings, pollution, fire and explosion, salvage, wreck removal and towage.
The firm’s casualty response teams of lawyers and mariners operate 24 hours a day on a worldwide basis. Maritime crisis management is an area of work where the firm has developed a leading reputation.
Particular areas of expertise within the field of marine casualty work include:
• Collisions, fire and explosions
• General average, total loss
• Salvage, towage, wreck removal and recovery
• Personal injury
• Damage to oil terminals, rigs and offshore structures
• Pollution, environmental damage and clean up
Emergency “after hours” answering service in London: +44 (0)20 7709 7702.
Principal Contacts
Partner: James Gosling Email: james.gosling@hfw.com
Partner: Andrew Chamberlain Email: andrew.chamberlain@hfw.com
Partner: Toby Stephens Email: toby.stephens@hfw.com
Partner: Martin Dalby Email: martin.dalby@hfw.com
Senior Manager: Kaare Langeland Email: kaare.langeland@hfw.com
For a full list of contact partners, please refer to HFW’s website

Contact: Nikki Zhang

Ibex House
42-47 Minories
London EC3N 1DY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7264 3250
Email: london@loc-group.com
Website: http://www.loc-group.com
Description
London Offshore Consultants Ltd (LOC) has provided specialist marine and engineering consultancy services to the shipping and energy industries since 1979.
LOC is recognised as a leading firm of salvage and wreck removal consultants and has provided technical advice on these operations worldwide, many of which have been high profile and complex in nature. Technical advice has included salvage methodology, oil recovery, cargo recovery, oil pollution, wreck removal and towage.
LOC has attended a significant number of casualties caused by fire, explosions, grounding and collisions with fixed and floating objects. Frequently services include the provision of expert evidence in High Court or Arbitration hearings in the UK, India, Europe and the Far East.
LOC has global coverage with hub offices in London, Houston, Singapore and Dubai together with over 26 offices located around the globe.
Technical advice is provided by resident marine specialists including master mariners, marine engineers, naval architects, structural and civil engineers supported by a range of sophisticated software.
LOC has ten Special Casualty Representatives (SCRs); three in London, three in Singapore, one in Miami, one in San Francisco, one in Sydney and one in Brazil. Between them they have attended numerous salvage operations globally when the SCOPIC clause has been invoked.
Offshore Consultants Ltd (LOC) has provided specialist marine and engineering consultancy services to the shipping and energy industries since 1979.
Principal Contacts
Group Chief Executive: Andrew Squire Email: london@loc-group.com
Regional Director, Asia: Jon Walker Email: singapore@loc-group.com
Group Director: Nick Haslam Email: london@loc-group.com
Director, Singapore: Vaughan Williams Email: singapore@loc-group.com
Director, Singapore: Nicolas White Email: singapore@loc-group.com
Operations Manager, Sydney: Drew Shannon Email: perth@loc-group.com
Associate, San Francisco: David Ireland: houston@loc-group.com
Director: Abhay Damley Email: houston@loc-group.com
Associate Director, London: Ed Wollaston Email: london@loc-group.com
Consultant, Brazil: David Pockett Email: london@loc-group.com
Consultant, London: Peter Holloway Email: london@loc-group.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

Principal Contact
Cao Huy Phuong (Director)
huyphuong@pmarine.com.vn

Principal Contact

s.falida@polyecogroup.com

Principle Contact

Hu Zhi Hui (General Manager)
e: hzh@qmccl.com

The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2RS
Tel: +44 (0)20 3116 3000
Fax: +44 (0)20 3116 3999
Website: http://www.reedsmith.com
Offices in: Hong Kong, Piraeus, Sao Paolo, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Beijing
Description
The Shipping Group’s Admiralty Department is one of the leading “wet” practices, a number of the team being ex-Master Mariners. The international client base includes owners, hull underwriters, P&I Clubs, salvors and charterers.
We have been involved in many well known cases (including the Selendang Ayu, Hanjin Pennsylvania and Kariba/Tricolor). We advise on technical disputes, jurisdictional matters and disputes arising from collisions and groundings, fires, total losses, oil and HNS pollution, salvage and limitation, as well as providing casualty management services.
The Department operates a 24-hour casualty information line and members of the Casualty Response Team are available to travel at a moment’s notice.
We work regularly with independent surveyors and other experts in most maritime countries. We are able to advise clients on, and instruct, appropriate professionals at short notice. We also involve, as and when necessary, our own overseas offices with Admiralty law experience, to ensure proper co-ordination and handling of the case simultaneously in two or more countries.
Principal Contacts
Richard Gunn Email: rgunn@reedsmith.com

Principal Contact

Director: Alex Pinto
Email: alex.pinto@ctplc.com

Contacts:

George Wittich (President)
Email: george@wittichbrosmarine.com

William Wittich
Email: williamwittich@wittichbrosmarine.com

Principal Contact

Dominue Beven
Dominique.Beven@seaowlgroup.com

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: hugh.shaw@mcga.gov.uk
Website: http://www.mcga.gov.uk
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: Hugh Shaw Email: hugh.shaw@mcga.gov.uk

Stationsweg 1
9901 CP Appingedam
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 596 620997
Fax: +31 596 650810
Email:albert@sirimarine.nl
Web:www.sirimarine.nl
Principal Contacts
Managing Director: Albert Lenting
Description
Safety of people, protection of the environment and the prevention of oil spills are the most important parts of almost every salvage operation. There is a distinct need for more information from a salvage site. In addition to motion monitoring and hull integrity assessment of the casualty, environmental data can provide important information during a salvage operation.
Our motion monitoring equipment provides the salvers with valuable information about the structural integrity and motion of the casualty. We measure, collect and interpret this motion data. If required we can provide independent advice and/or reporting to salvers, owners, authorities, P&I clubs and other parties involved. In addition to the motion monitoring equipment, we offer a “one stop shop” for related environmental services and measurements: wind and waves, currents, tide, subsea survey etc.

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

Principal Contacts

Alex Macinnes
E-mail : alex.macinnes@tatham-macinnes.com
Sora Jeon
E-mail: sora.jeon@tatham-macinnes.com

Description

We are solicitors specialising in the law of salvage, wreck removal and related areas of practice.

On our team, we have lawyer with industry experience as Master Mariners and in the fields of naval architecture, surveying and engineering. We also have partners who have worked in house at large shipowners. We use the experience and understanding to guide clients through all forms of causalities including, collisions, groundings, salvage, wreck removal and fires.

Klosterplads 9., 5th
DK-57 Svendborg
DENMARK
Tel: +45 62 80 01 23
Email: mail@otshipping.dk
Web: www.otshipping.dk
Principal Contacts:
Director, Ole Thalund

St Clare House
30-33 Minories
London EC3N 1BP, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7488 0911
Fax: +44 (0)20 7480 5806
Email: info@shipowners.co.uk
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