Role of the Prudent Shipmaster: • Marine accident investigation • Charter Party disputes • Unsafe ports & berths • Due diligence • Navigation • Collisions • Groundings • Seamanship • ISM code • Hold cleanliness • Hatch covers • Cargo stowage & securing Ship operations: • Ship management • Ship performance • Seaworthiness • Passage planning • Fumigation • Liquefaction • Ship-handling • Weather routing • Containers Bulk cargoes: coal, concentrates, grain, ore, fertilizer, steel, timber, rice, sugar, DRI, fines, scrap, cement, sulphur Tankers: crude oil,...

Technical: • Petroleum products, including treatment design & development • Energy conservation & management • Environment • Oil & gas processing • Pipelines • Metal cutting • Metal forming • Mineral oil extraction • Gas supply & control • Pharmaceutical products • Process plant • Pressure vessels • Food & drink processing machinery • Chemical industry machinery • Welding • Functional: • Consultancy services • Process engineering & contracting • Quality control • Assurance & inspection ISO 9001/2 • Project management • Purchasing & procurement • Contracting •...

Process plant hazards • Major hazards risk assessment • Oil, gas, LPG, LNG hazards • Hydrocarbon fires • Explosion analysis (accidental) • Event frequency analysis • Quantified risk assessment (QRA) • Toxic gas hazards • COMAH safety cases • Major accidents to the Environment (MATTE), etc.

Expertise: • Safety • Accident investigation • Health & Safety at Work Act & Regulations • Personal injury • Fires • Explosions • Risk assessment • Safety management • Occupational accidents • Product safety • Dangerous goods • Falls • Mechanical or structural failure • Machinery Sectors: • Industrial • Construction • Mechanical • Electrical • Manufacturing • Factories • Oil • Gas • Offshore • Chemicals • Pipelines • Railways • Public transport • Ports & docks • Food • Retail • Leisure

1. Cargo damage 2. Navigation and shipping accidents 3. Contract disputes in oil and gas 4. Shipbuilding and maintenance disputes 5. Ship management and charter party disputes 6. Bunkering and ship supply 7. Bill of lading disputes 8. Ship recycling disputes 9. Port operations 10. Port maritime services 11. Goods transportation on land 12. Cargo clearance and customs 13. Investment in maritime assets

Building fires • Explosions • Marine fires • Vehicle, plant and machinery fires • Cargo spoilage • IMSBC cargo • IMDG cargo • Liquefaction • Contamination and pollution

Accident investigation • Major hazards • Fire • Explosion • Toxic gas • Chemical spills • HSWA • COMAH • COSHH • DSEAR • Industrial injuries from chemical & process hazards • Risk from transport, storage, handling & treatment of chemicals, including hazardous waste • Environmental impact assessment • Accidents to the environment • Planning inquiries (risk & air pollution issues) • Air pollution, including odour nuisance & food tainting • Cargo quality disputes • Cargo contamination incidents Over 25 years' experience in research, postgraduate...

Marine fires • Cargo spoilage • IMSBC cargo • IMDG cargo • Liquefaction

David Aron has over 20 years’ experience of energy expert witness work. He has acted as an expert at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the World Bank Tribunal in Washington. He has been the determining expert in an energy price dispute between Australian producers and an Asian buyer. He has also been an expert at the London Court of International Arbitration and the UK High Court, as well as the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Academy of Experts.

Process plant hazards • Major hazards risk assessment • Oil, gas, LPG, LNG hazards • Hydrocarbon fires • Explosion analysis (accidental) • Event frequency analysis • Evacuation assessment • System reliability • Quantified risk assessment • Toxic gas hazards • COMAH safety cases • Storage hazards of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, liquefied gases, etc. • Building fires