Expert No. 318984 – TX
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert in marine surveying and risk assessment with almost 50 years experience in the field. Areas of expertise include: marine operations in the offshore oil and gas industry; admiralty; accidents involving dock, shipboard, and offshore cranes; anchor-handling, towing, and mooring incidents; swing rope and personnel basket worker transfer accidents; pipeline damage; cargo and cargo container damage; hurricane and heavy weather damage; mooring system failures; anchor-handling operational failures; towing system failures; rig moves; mobile offshore drilling units; and collisions. Prior expert witness experience. Available as an expert in both plaintiff and defense cases.
Areas of Expertise:
AdmiraltyMarine SurveyPipelines
Cargo and ShippingMaritimeShip Handling
Crane FailuresMaritime AccidentsTowing Operation
Equipment FailureMaritime Accidents and InjuriesVessel Operations
Loading DocksOil RigsWeather
Marine InsuranceOil and Gas
Representative Litigation Experience:
  • Insurance and Marine Transportation
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
  • Loading, Securing, and Trip-in-Tow Surveys
  • Damage Surveys (Platforms, Rigs, and Vessels)
  • Heavylift Transports of Drilling Rigs, Structures, Modules, and Equipment
  • Project Cargo Loadout, Securing and Transportation Surveys
  • Oilfield Condition and / or Valuation Surveys
  • Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Safety Audits
  • Rig Move Attendance with Special Emphasis on Difficult Locations
  • Hull Damage Survey
  • Rig Location Approvals
  • Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU) Wet Tow Approvals
  • MODU Securing Surveys
  • Facility Surveys
  • Drilling Rig and Vessel Condition Surveys, including International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Surveys and Dynamic Positioning (D.P.) Vessel Audits
  • Warranty Installation Surveys of Floating Production Storage (FPS), Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), Spars, TLPs and COnventional Jacket / Deck Structures
Licenses & Certifications:
British Certificate of Competency - Master
Education:
DegreeSubjectInstitution
Thames Nautical Training College
London University of Sir John Cass College
South Shields Marine and Technical College

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