Marine
Global Practice Group
Understanding the marine way
Introducing Cunningham Lindsey’s Global Marine Practice Group
The marine insurance market is unique because a loss could happen in any location, regardless of where it has been insured or where the insured party is located. As the transportation and storage of goods is subject to complicated international and national legislation, it is essential that you have access to a marine loss adjusting team who are located all over the world and are ready to respond - we are the right people for this job. Our Global Marine Practice Group provides a structure for our marine adjusters around the world who understand the local practices, laws and customs of marine claims; allowing us to achieve a quick and efficient outcome for you. Our group of dedicated professionals pool their ideas together and work collaboratively to ensure we deliver the best consistent service to you. This collaboration means that our experts and clients benefit from the combined knowledge of the whole group, regardless of where the claim or incident has occurred. With over 35 years of experience within the industry I specialise in general cargo surveys, commodities, chilled and/or frozen foodstuffs, carriers liability and liquid/bulk cargo. I am proud to say that the Global
Marine Practice Group was the first and is now one of the largest Global Practice Groups within the Cunningham Lindsey portfolio. I truly believe that our global network, coupled with over 125 gifted marine surveyors means that we are uniquely placed to handle all your marine claim needs. Our marine surveyors are spread throughout 34 countries around the world and are supported by Cunningham Lindsey’s global network of 7,000 people throughout 60 countries. This allows us to provide you with a fast response to any single event, wherever it occurs as well as being able to fully service global accounts and catastrophe events. Through Cunningham Lindsey’s other Global Practice Groups and the wider network, we can provide you with additional resources. For example, if the loss occurred during an explosion whilst unloading a tanker, it may not only need a marine specialist but also a personal injury, business interruption or an environmental specialist. All our experts are ready to respond to your needs.
You can search by location and by expertise, find a qualified person and then click through directly to their CV - you will know exactly who you will be dealing with. Our capabilities database can be downloaded via our app on your Smartphones or Tablets or viewed online; see our website for further details – cunninghamlindsey.com or scan the QR code below. If you would like to assign a claim, get some advice or simply find out more about how we work, please contact me or any of our principal specialists outlined in this brochure. Ton Schox Global Marine Practice Leader Tel: +31 88 286 64 00 Mobile: +31 6 51 25 7887 tschox@marine-cl.com cunninghamlindsey.com
To help you find the right person for your particular claim, we have created an online staff directory.
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Your marine expert Our Marine Practice Group includes dedicated marine professionals who are spread throughout our global network, ensuring that we are up-to-date on local legislations and can handle any marine claim, regardless of location. Our team is a centre of excellence for all things marine related, this means that our practitioners share best practice on the most efficient ways to handle complex cases and support each other throughout their professional development.
“We believe in a consistent approach�
We have technical leaders who are fully responsible for the quality of the work undertaken in the various parts of the world. This collaborative approach guarantees that whichever Cunningham Lindsey employee you deal with, you will experience a first class client service and reporting standards which are consistent across the board.
We can advise and provide you with additional Cunningham Lindsey resources including engineering expertise, which is readily available and amongst the best in the insurance world.
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What we do We provide a professional marine service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have extensive experience in providing independent, expert, client-focused services to the marine industry and have been doing so for over 50 years. Our qualified marine employees, who hold specialist areas of interest within marine, provide a wide range of specialist services including: yy Supply-chain risk management
and loss control programmes
yy Marine casualty/catastrophe
response and investigations into product or other liability disputes where there is a supply-chain or logistics factor including product contamination incidents and hull and machinery damage claims
yy Marine investigation service
handling fraud or trade-related crime investigations
yy Claims management and
recoveries unit serving cargo, hull and liability business for insurers, self-insured organisations or for captive insurers
Our service is available to the insurance market, P&I clubs, the legal profession, the logistics industry, carriers and traders.
We work together as a team to provide you with the following services: yy Cargo yy Liability (inland carriers liability,
P&I, port and terminals and warehouse keepers)
yy Claims management and recovery yy Specialist investigation yy Project cargo and warranty
surveys
yy Catastrophe response yy Nautical surveys (pre-loading
and discharge supervision)
yy Hull, machinery and
land-based equipment
ď Š STRENGTH IN NUMBERS To put our dedication to marine into context, we have over 125 dedicated marine experts spread throughout the globe, offering you a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service. The marine team is supported by over 7,000 Cunningham Lindsey employees in over 60 countries.
yy Expert witness yy Salvage sales
One point of contact We will assign you an account executive who will be your point of contact throughout the life span of the claim. Our global network means that we are there, when and where you need us to be.
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Our breadth of expertise Cunningham Lindsey have provided dedicated, independent and client-focused marine experts, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for over 50 years. We have taken care to invest in our people and in the expertise they bring to you and we have over 125 dedicated marine experts spread throughout the world who offer the following key practice areas.
Cargo
Hull & Machinery
Project Cargo & tpa & Global Warranty Surveys Accounts
Catastrophe Response
The heart of our practice, our people are familiar with everything from paper clips to wind turbines and chilled foodstuffs.
Our experts bring their seagoing, engineering and shipbuilding experience to work on your behalf.
We bring our claims and loss expertise to bear on pre-risk and other forms of loss control and risk engineering.
Experienced marine technicians backed by the Global Practice Group, deliver tailored claims solutions to our clients.
The size and reach of our Practice Group and the wider Cunningham Lindsey business is at your disposal wherever and whenever it is needed.
Recoveries
Special Investigations
Casualty
Liability
Salvage Sales
Yachts & Pleasure craft
Our marine recovery-technicians are on hand to maximise your subrogation recoveries. We work on the principle “No cure no pay “.
Specialists with experience of insurance and international trade-related crime and fraud.
Experienced master mariners strategically situated all over the world.
We regularly investigate and adjust liability claims, blending international and local knowledge of the transport industry.
An international network of reliable salvage buyers covering a broad range of commodities are at your disposal.
From the world’s ‘Super Yachts’ to the racing craft of European Royalty, from family sailing yachts to jet-skis, we are on hand to deal with your claims.
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Specialists One of the great advantages of working with us is the availability of our specialist marine surveyors.
CARGO
No matter where the loss occurs, we can coordinate the investigation, provide in-depth technical expertise or simply direct you to the local marine contact. Stephen Foster We offer the core technical support for the wider group and are at your disposal for advice or for referral of new claims.
Stephen has over 35 years of experience in the marine industry, as a broker and as a London market claims adjuster with a composite insurer. In 1993 he joined a leading average adjuster, managing their cargo department and taking responsibility for casualty, salvage and general average claims. In 1996 he moved to Jakarta and then Singapore to run the cargo division and to develop a surveying and adjusting business in Southeast Asia. He returned to Jakarta in 2008 and joined Cunningham Lindsey in 2011. Stephen’s long experience of cargo insurance and reinsurance claims, including fraud, piracy and risk-management, is of great value to our global practice and our clients.
Contact details Jakarta, Indonesia Tel: +62 21 7192 507 Mobile: +62 811 995 0414 Email: sfoster@marine-cl.com
CASUALTY
Captain
Marius Bakker
Marius sailed for 14 years on general cargo and multi-purpose vessels and qualified as Master (unlimited) before joining Cunningham Lindsey in 1998. Marius’ experience has been the foundation of his specialism in the investigation of casualty claims ranging from collisions and groundings to fires and water ingress. Over the years, Marius has built valuable relationships throughout the maritime salvage and legal professions, which aid his work as our nautical and casualty expert for clients and for Practice Group colleagues alike.
Contact details Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 79 Mobile: +31 6 53 51 3013 Email: mbakker@marine-cl.com
CATASTROPHE RESPONSE
HULL & MACHINERY LIABILITY
Alice Teal
Peter Hammer
Captain Waclaw
Alice has over 30 years of experience within the marine insurance industry and has extensive knowledge in dealing with international losses and third party recoveries. She has provided comprehensive claims and litigation management services, acting as a liaison with fronting and excess insurers.
Peter graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1967 and in Naval Architecture in 1973. He has worked for shipyards on major repair and renovation projects for all classes of commercial and private vessels and specialised craft. Peter has vast experience in shipyard contracting, tendering, and accounting, working closely with classification societies and owners.
Waclaw sailed in command on cargo vessels for seven years, the culmination of a 20 year career at sea.
From the onset of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 through to Hurricane Ike in 2011, Alice has been responsible for organising catastrophe response efforts in the Americas on behalf of high value cargo and yacht interests as well as marine and property insurers. Alice’s combined experience on the international and domestic fronts provides a strong foundation for the management and delivery of our marine adjusting services in a catastrophe setting.
Peter entered the insurance profession in 1985 and has performed damage surveys on all types of vessels and floating structures. He has also consulted on land-based equipment such as cranes and ship loaders/unloaders. Peter works on behalf of insurers, owners and operators and is regularly called as an expert witness in litigation and arbitration cases.
Contact details New York, USA
Contact details Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tel: +1 646 839 9424 Mobile: +1 917 215 0485 Email: ateal@marine-cl.com
Tel: +31 88 286 64 00 Mobile: +31 6 22 20 3506 Email: phammer@marine-cl.com
Kuza
Since coming ashore at the beginning of 2010, Waclaw has served as Director of Operations & Compliance in the ship-management sector. In that role, he has been responsible for fleet operations, security and safety, including ISM and other regulatory compliances as well as serving as the designated person ashore. This in-depth experience of ship management and operations means that Waclaw is ideally qualified to consult on issues of marine liability and responsibility. yoperational y
Contact details Mississauga, Canada Tel: +1 905 896 8181 ext. 8406 Mobile: +1 416 818 2350 Email: wkuza@marine-cl.com
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Specialists Project Cargo & recoveries Warranty Surveys
Captain
Dilip Wijenayake
Dilip has over 30 years of experience in the marine industry. He has sailed and been in command of container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, LPG & LNG carriers. As the regional general manager of operations for a major container line, Dilip gained an intimate understanding of the multimodal supply chain and logistics industry. As an ex chairperson of the Technical Committee for Shipping in Australia and a risk management/loss prevention specialist with a major Australian marine insurer, he has front line experience of safety, risk and loss control in both regulatory and insurance settings. Dilip heads the Cunningham Lindsey marine team in Australia who conduct project cargo, heavy lift and critical cargo surveys on a global basis.
Contact details Parramatta, Australia
salvage sales
special investigation
tpa & global accounts
YACHTS & PLEASURE CRAFT
Peter Huussen
Cees Hensen
Ray Saunders
Royston Ford
Iñigo Balzategui
Peter, a law graduate, has been an adviser to the Dutch insurance industry since 1975 and has been dedicated to marine practice since 1997. He has extensive international experience in claims and recoveries involving cargo, carrier’s liability and ports/terminals.
Cees started his career at a ship’s agent in Rotterdam, he joined the surveying industry in 1975 and became a NIVRE registered loss adjuster in 1993. He has worked around the world on behalf of cargo and P&I clients.
Ray has over 30 years of a wide range of claims investigation experience, specialising in marine and transportation claims since the early 1990’s. Ray has worked closely with UK and international law enforcement agencies on complex trade and transport related losses, appearing as an expert witness in prosecutions and speaking at international law enforcement conferences.
Royston has over 20 years experience in the marine insurance industry, as a Lloyd’s broker and since 1993 as a marine surveyor. Royston has worked on global accounts, personally investigating claims across the world as well as managing investigations by others. He has also represented insurers and lawyers in major casualty and general average claims.
Iñigo has over 25 years of experience in the marine industry, progressing to the rank of chief officer whilst at sea. After joining an underwriting business, later becoming its managing director, Íñigo entered the surveying profession.
Peter was involved in national and international insurance and transport legislation as a member of the Marine Liability Committee of the Dutch Association of Insurers. Peter’s fluency in Dutch, English, French and German is an essential part of his value to clients seeking to recover indemnity from inland, sea, road, air and rail carriers or from ports and stevedores.
Contact details Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 85 Mobile: +31 6 28 23 10 36 Email: phuussen@marine-cl.com
Cees is active in most classes of cargo, but particularly so in relation to foodstuffs and perishable commodities, forest products and mineral as well as agricultural bulk cargo. It is this extensive experience of traded commodities and general cargo that has allowed Cees to develop a network of salvage buyers around the world and to consult for clients and colleagues in this specialist area.
Contact details Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 84 Mobile: +31 6 53 31 9162 Email: chensen@marine-cl.com
In addition to his work on crime related losses, Ray has also consulted on numerous complex contractual and performance disputes involving parties to international logistics and warehousing agreements.
More recently Royston developed our marine claims management unit in Cardiff, Wales, which provides claims management, settling and recovery services to corporate and insurer clients alike, as well as a range of other technical services for London market insurers and syndicates.
Contact details London, United Kingdom
Contact details London, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1622 608 869 Mobile: +44 7836 209029 Email: rsaunders@marine-cl.com
Tel: +44 20 7530 0600 Mobile: +44 786 067 3865 Email: rford@marine-cl.com
Íñigo has specialised in the surveying and loss adjusting of yachts and pleasure craft including large, commercial yachts as well as specialist vessels such as the King of Spain’s racing yacht, Bribon. In additional to hull and machinery claims, Iñigo has consulted on shipyard and marina claims, supervision of refurbishments, salvage and recovery actions as well as pollution incidents and their mitigation.
Contact details Bilbao, Spain Tel: +34 94 456 89 41 Mobile: +34 64 803 20 34 Email: ibalzategui@marine-cl.com
Tel: +61 2 9633 3533 Mobile: +61 420 959 093 Email: dwijenayake@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Europe BELGIUM
DENMARK
HUNGARY
IRELAND
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
Peter Dehaemers
Peter Agger
Zoltán Márkus
David Lyons
Ugo Pino
Captain
Peter has been active in the transport sector for over 15 years. He is highly experienced in marine and warehousing related matters as well as in marine insurance policies. He is also a former dangerous goods and safety advisor and is a qualified private detective.
Having held positions in the insurance industry as claims manager and five years in loss adjusting, Peter joined the company in order to build up claims management facilities. He brings extensive knowledge in desk top claims handling and in setting up claims procedures for national and international programmes.
Zoltán has over 15 years of experience within the insurance industry. As a former marine officer Zoltán has experience in marine transportation, cargo handling stowing and securing.
David is the international coordinator of major losses for Europe and has been employed with the company for over ten years. Prior to this he worked in the professional surveying field.
Significant losses/projects handled
Since joining Cunningham Lindsey Ireland he has been involved in the construction and engineering unit and is currently handling CAR and public liability claims for clients on large infrastructural projects. He is also responsible for all the marine and transit claims within Ireland.
Ugo joined the business in 1969 as a trainee in the marine department. In 1975 he was appointed general agent and legal representative for Italy of the Sea and National Vulcan and in that capacity he was primarily involved in the management of the underwriting and claims management side of our engineering business portfolio and our marine cargo account.
Marius has over 25 years of experience within the industry. He sailed for 14 years in the merchant navy and qualified as master of all ships. He is highly experienced with all claims relating to cargo, specialist investigations, risk management and hull, machinery and land-based equipment. He also coordinates claims for our international accounts and worldwide marine surveys.
Ugo’s areas of expertise include cargo, hull, machinery and land-based equipment, technical equipment and salvage sales.
Significant losses/projects handled
Significant losses/projects handled yy Damage to nuclear waste containers yy Investigation theft of truckload
containing medicine
yy Major spill of bitumen during the
loading of a truck
yy Total loss of power transformer, €2.5m yy Investigation warehouse theft cell
phones, €2m
Contact details Antwerp, Belgium Tel: +32 3 541 4539 Mobile: +32 475 497 061 Email: pdehaemers@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Windmill loss, Denmark
Contact details Copenhagen, Denmark Tel: +45 4485 8688 Mobile: +45 5144 6424 Email: pagger@marine-cl.com
yy Large stock loss of an international
tobacco group
yy Tug boat - Prága sank at the Danube,
HUF60m
yy Wiking - proceeding on convoy with
barges, when run aground at the Danube, HUF50m
Contact details Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1 276 1834 Mobile: +36 30 9516 782 Email: zmarkus@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Goods in transit loss, Ireland yy Warehouse risk assessment required by
marine insurers, Ireland
yy Various losses with small crafts,
Ireland
Contact details Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353 1 2075 131 Mobile: +353 87 839 0966 Email: dlyons@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Supervision of the loading of an
airplane engine cradle/base on a truck /trailer combination, Belgium
yy Loading survey on board a general
cargo ship, Korea
yy Risk survey for shipping of solar
panels and photovoltaic plants from factory to destination, Italy
Contact details Genoa, Italy Tel: +39 010 5446635 Mobile: +39 335 396785 Email: upino@marine-cl.com
Marius Bakker
yy Car carrier STX Changing Rose, fire off
the coast of Morocco
yy Mol Comfort, broken in two and sunk
in the Indian Ocean
yy Collision on the River Scheldt
between two container vessels, €10m
yy Pollution of 20,000 new cars close to
shipyard, €5m
yy Investigated the cause of the capsizing
of a vessel in the port of Antwerp
Contact details Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 79 Mobile: +31 6 53 51 3013 Email: mbakker@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Europe POLAND
RUSSIA
Magdalena Szwalbe-Skiendzielewska
Captain Sergey
Magdalena is highly experienced in handling claims within international programmes/accounts e.g. TPA, property damage, general and product liability. She also specialises in creating claim handling procedures for new accounts and deals with international partners and claims settlements.
Sergey has over 18 years of experience within the ocean-going navigation and marine insurance industry, ten of which were spent as a surveyor on board different cargo ships. Sergey currently serves as senior claim manager executive of one the biggest Russian insurance companies and has adopted solutions for more than 300 H&M and P&I marine losses, casualty and fraud.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Investigation theft of cash transported
under escort, Poland
yy Damage of fireplaces consignment,
TPA, Germany
yy Damage of vehicles spare parts
consignment, TPA, Belgium
yy Damage in railway transit, TPA, Poland yy Theft of TV sets consignment, Poland
Contact details Warsaw, Poland Tel: +48 22 851 61 07 Mobile: +48 668 445 620 Email: mszwalbe@marine-cl.com
E. Dementiev
Significant losses/projects handled
SLOVAKIA
SPAIN
UNITED KINGDOM
Zoltán Oláh
Iñigo Balzategui
Royston Ford
Zoltán has over eight years of experience within the industry, he handles mainly marine cargo and carriers liability claims.
Iñigo has over 16 years of experience within the insurance industry and regularly deals with coordinating cargo claims and conducting hull and cargo surveys for marine underwriters.
Royston has over 20 years of experience within the marine insurance industry, 13 of which has been spent as a surveyor. Royston serves as vice chairman of the British Association of Cargo Surveyors and lectures on complex marine loss, casualty and fraud.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Fire of mobile phone consignment
€200k, Slovakia
yy Theft of five consignments of TV sets
€500k, Hungary
yy Damage of solar panel consignment
€200k, Czech Republic
yy Salvage operation of bulk carrier
laden with steel, China Sea
yy Main engine crankshaft breakdown,
Colombo road
yy Dry cargo laden with wheat in bulk,
sank 120 nm eastward from Malta
yy Main engine break down, General
Average, Bosporus, Turkey
Contact details Moscow, Russia Tel: +7 495 988 7630 Mobile +7 915 438 89 22 Email sdementiev@marine-cl.com
Iñigo has been involved in container related matters, bulk cargoes including liquid and grains, and many types of equipment claims.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Leisure craft Bribon skipped by the
Contact details Bratislava, Slovakia Tel: +421 2 4363 5277 Mobile: +421 905 621 257 Email: zolah@marine-cl.com
king of Spain, collision whilst racing, repairs worth €800k
yy Tuna fishing boat Koosha, major hull
damage caused by crossing a typhoon at the Indian sea, €1.5m
yy Ro Ro Carrier Hoeg Trader, major
cargo damages while at sea, Germany to Saudi Arabia, €1m
Royston has also appeared as an expert witness on various cases including an appearance before a House of Lords Committee investigation into VAT carousel fraud.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Alexia M, near total loss of bulk carrier
laden with sugar, Azores
yy Hyundai Fortune, explosion/fire
aboard containership, Gulf of Aden
yy MSC Napoli, grounding of
containership, United Kingdom
yy Hull failure and major oil spillage,
yy Yeoman Buntrop, fire and explosion
yy MV Maro, Russian carrier grounded in
Contact details London, United Kingdom
damages in excess of US$2000m (still in dispute), Spain the Spanish north coast €2m
Contact details Vizcaya, Spain
aboard self-discharging bulk carrier
Tel: +44 20 7530 0600 Mobile: +44 786 067 3865 Email: rford@marine-cl.com
Tel: +34 94 456 89 41 Mobile: +34 64 803 20 34 Email: ibalzategui@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – North America
Key contacts – The Caribbean & Africa
United States
Canada
DUTCH CARIBBEAN SOUTH AFRICA
Alice Teal
Captain Waclaw
Alice has over 30 years of experience within the marine insurance industry and has extensive knowledge in dealing with international losses and third party recoveries. She has provided comprehensive claims and litigation management services, acting as a liaison with fronting and excess insurers.
Waclaw sailed in command on cargo vessels for seven years, the culmination of a 20 years career at sea. His in-depth experience of ship management and operations means that Waclaw is ideally qualified to consult on issues of marine liability and operational responsibility.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Largest US computer and systems
chipper, transit and recovery claims from 1983-2005, worldwide
yy Largest relief cargo, shipper(s) transit and
recovery claims 1985-1990, worldwide
yy Largest US based heavy machinery
manufacturer (North and Latin America), transit and recovery claims 2003-2009 including Hurricane Katrina/Ike losses, Americas
Kuza
Significant losses/projects handled yy Coordinating surveys of over 90
pleasure boats damaged by a bridge renovation project US$0.5m, Washington, United States
yy Accident of ship’s cargo crane,
damage during loading with stevedore personnel injury and business disruption, US$0.8m
yy Technical and marine liability support
in case of alleged oil pollution from oil tanker on East Coast of Canada
yy Largest US coffee shipper/
distributors, transit and recovery claims, 1983-1998, worldwide
yy Largest animal and human
pharmaceutical shipper (to include acquired companies from 1983) all transit and recovery claims, worldwide
Contact details New York, USA Tel: +1 646 839 9424 Mobile: +1 917 215 0485 Email: ateal@marine-cl.com
Contact details Mississauga, Canada Tel: +1 905 896 8181 ext. 8406 Mobile: +1 416 818 2350 Email: wkuza@marine-cl.com
Captain Andrew
Binder
Andrew has over 22 years of experience as a marine surveyor and has handled many marine surveys relating to presale purchase inspections, hull and machinery damage and repair, on/off hire, pre-shipment cargo, loading/outturn, cargo securing, draught, dry cargo container claims handling and yacht and small craft surveys and evaluations.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Container ship with calcium
hypochlorite fire, serious cargo loss
yy Project ship with sisal fire, substantial loss yy Cement ship/cargo ship collision,
sinking of latter
yy Car carrier grounding in Aruba,
substantial repairs
Contact details Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean Tel: +599 9 737 0733 Mobile: +599 9 560 2251 Email: abinder@marine-cl.com
Oliver Oppler Oliver has been in the insurance business for nearly 50 years and has operated out of Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Africa. Oliver has handled a wide range of marine claims and recoveries.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Importation of Malaysian timber
throughout Southern Africa, representative for Malayan Grading Authorities
yy Fire on timber vessel, Durban, South
Africa
yy Handling of multimillion fruit export
losses, United States to United Kingdom
yy Tobacco losses in Malawi, Zimbabwe
and Zambia
yy Multimillion warehouse loss due to
fire, Mozambique
yy Handling major losses of textiles
and breaking theft syndicate, giving evidence at trial in Portugal
Contact details Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 557 9000 Mobile: +27 83 603 3665 Email: ooppler@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Asia CHINA
HONG KONG
INDIA
INDONESIA
KOREA
SINGAPORE
John Liu
William Mar
Govinder Kapoor
Stephen Foster
B.M. Park
Captain Rabinder
John has over 25 years of loss adjusting and surveying experience. He has handled a wide range of marine claims from major casualty losses to insurance programmes for inspections and regularly deals with inland transit and air cargo losses.
William joined an international survey firm to commence his container and cargo survey career in 1998 and joined an international adjusting firm in 2006, before joining Cunningham Lindsey in 2009.
Govinder is an engineer by qualification, and started his career as a marine engineer onboard merchant ships. He has been a loss adjuster for over 30 years and has adjusted some of the largest losses in the country with respect to marine claims and has dealt with claims of most industries, whether retail or projects involving critical equipment.
Stephen joined our Indonesia office in 2011 having previously been a director of leading average adjusting and marine claims consultancy firm for fifteen years (nine years in Indonesia and six years in Singapore).
Byeongmun Park is a licensed loss adjuster who has handled all types of marine, cargo and hull losses including marine liability claims since 1984.
yy Adjustment of salvage and repair to
Captain Singh has gained extensive experience across all aspects of marine risks including condition surveys, lashing surveys, bulk cargo transportation, marine logistics and damage survey work. He has also undertaken a considerable amount of P&I clubs and H&M surveys. Before joining us, he was the captain of numerous vessels around the world for the largest seismic support company in the world.
yy Adjustment of hull repair costs,
Significant losses/projects handled
Significant losses/projects handled yy Damaged cargoes and containers
from ocean shipping company US$5m, China
yy Damage to vessel, which struck a reef
US$4m, Vietnam
yy Polluted damaged steel plates from
Germany for Shanghai Yang Pu Bridge
Contact details Shanghai, China Tel: +86 21 6322 1616 Mobile: +86 139 1697 7507 Email: jliu@marine-cl.com
William is now responsible for the cargo survey and property adjusting of the Hong Kong business, William has been involved in cargo survey, fire and special perils and liability claims in both Hong Kong and China.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Container transportation company,
cargo missing US$70k, Hong Kong and China
yy Transit damage caused by traffic
accident US$15k, Hong Kong
yy Leading packer, grower, shipper
of fresh avocados, transit damage US$30K, Hong Kong
Significant losses/projects handled yy Gas compressor INR200m, Muscat, Oman yy Production machinery for automobiles
INR240m, Gurgaon, India
yy Cement loss INR295m, Andhra
Pradesh, India
yy 240 MW Transformer INR80m,
Vijayawada, India
yy Textile weaving looms INR15m,
Uttarakhand, India
yy Coal, spontaneous combustion INR100m,
Mundra Port, India
Contact details Hong Kong Tel: +852 2520 4166 Mobile: +852 9268 6489 Email: wmar@marine-cl.com
Prior to moving to Asia, Stephen worked for six years in the London market as a senior marine claims adjuster at one of the larger composite insurance companies
Significant losses/projects handled yy Sinking of vessel carrying 54,400
WMT of nickel ore on a voyage from Indonesia to China
yy Grounding of vessel carrying 60,600
MT soybeans, at Anyer, Indonesia whilst on voyage from Brazil to China
yy Sinking of a tanker barge carrying
2,648 MT crude palm oil (insured value US$2m), on a voyage from Pontianak to Jakarta, Indonesia and subsequent salvage operation
yy Hijack by pirates and subsequent
Contact details New Delhi, India Tel: + 91 11 4575 3000 Mobile: + 91 98111 50544 Email: gkapoor@marine-cl.com
recovery of a tanker carrying crude palm oil valued at US$5m shipped from Indonesia
Contact details Jakarta, Indonesia Telephone: +62 217 192 507 Mobile: +62 811 995 0414 Email: sfoster@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Sunk vessel, salvage and repair costs,
Korea
sand barge, Korea
engine failure, Korea
yy Adjustment of hull repair costs,
shipbuilding damage, Korea
yy Adjustment of hull repair costs, cargo
carrier, Korea
yy Adjustment of hull repair costs, car
ferry, Korea
yy Handling various types of cargo
claims, Korea
yy Preloading survey of various cargoes
exported from Korea
Contact details Seoul, Korea Tel: +82 2 732 0077 Mobile: +82 10 4374 7124 Email: bmpark@marine-cl.com
Singh
yy Acted for Dutch shipowner in a claim
by PSA (port of Singapore authority) for damages to a container berth, Singapore
yy Appointed arbitrator by Singapore
shipowner in a large claim against Indian charterers ITC, Singapore
yy Acted for underwriters for a fire
damage claim on a large tanker and carried out investigation/repair estimates, Singapore
yy Acted for a reputed P&I club for an
investigation of alleged oil cargo contamination on a new ore bulk oil carrier, Singapore
yy Attended to loading surveys of steel
cargo shipments from one of Venezuela’s largest steel plant, Venezuela
Contact details Singapore Tel: +65 6391 1586 Mobile: +65 9054 5675 Email: rsingh@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Asia
Key contacts – Australasia
TAIWAN
THAILAND
australia
Shu-Fen Wang
Gareth Sampson
Captain
Shu-Fen has been in the insurance industry for 18 years. Two years were spent in casualty underwriting, two years as a claims handler and fourteen years within loss adjusting.
Gareth has been a nominated adjuster covering cargo claims for over 26 years ranging from the initial liaison with the contractors, shippers, brokers and underwriters through to the entire claims handling process.
Dilip has over 30 years experience in the marine industry. He has sailed and been in command of container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, LPG & LNG carriers. Dilip has extensive surveying experience in marine cargo, commercial hull, pleasure craft, P&I and other surveys. In addition he frequently provides clients with risk management procedures when moving goods by sea and road.
Currently Shu-Fen handles many key accounts, dealing with a variety of liability claims and property claims. Shu-Fen also handles a wide range of marine claims involving the electronic parts, equipment, luxury goods and semiconductor industry.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Managing marine cargo account over
Significant losses/projects handled yy 2006 sea water attack to HRSG harps for a
1400MW power project US$2m, Thailand
yy 2008 impact damage to dam gates for
large hydropower project US$500k, Laos
yy In transit damage to HRSG Harps,
resulting in DSU considerations US$500k, Thailand
100 claims annually, worldwide
yy Handling marine stock throughput in
semiconductor industry, worldwide
Contact details Taipei, Taiwan Tel: +886 2 2717 3010 Ext. 25 Mobile: +886 919 341 190 Email: swang@marine-cl.com
Contact details Bangkok, Thailand Tel: +66 2 236 9785 Mobile: +66 81 754 7748 Email: gsampson@marine-cl.com
Dilip Wijenayake
Dilip heads the marine team in Australia who conduct project cargo, heavy lift and critical cargo surveys on a global basis in addition to all other types of marine surveying and risk management
Significant losses/projects handled yy Damage to mining equipment (CTL)
due to sea water inundation whilst on board vessel, US$8m
yy Corrosion of a new set of rail cars
whilst been transported overseas from Australia to China, US$28m
yy Substantial damages sustained by
four marinas due to flooding, US$6.5m
yy Warehouse risk assessment required by
marine insurers for prominent American multinational hardware and software company in Australia, US$220m
new zealand
Captain Mike Austin
Mike has over 30 years of experience as a marine surveyor of loss, damage and repair to ships, yachts, launches and damage to cargo. Prior to becoming a surveyor, he spent ten years as a ships officer, trading from Europe and America to the Pacific.
Significant losses/projects handled yy 64m factory trawler fire at sea
NZ$14m, New Zealand
yy 7,000 tonne Roro ship flooded and
nearly sank US$3m, New Zealand
yy 1600 TEU containership explosion and
fire in the hold US$1.5m, Tahiti
yy Three vessels under construction in
shipyard fire US$2.5m, New Zealand
yy 42 metre luxury sailing catamaran
heavy weather damage US$1.5m, New Zealand
yy 7,000 tonne container ship stranded
and part flooded US$7m, Samoa
Contact details Auckland, New Zealand Tel: +64 9 524 3746 Mobile: +64 21 746 144 Email: maustin@marine-cl.com
Contact details Parramatta, Australia Tel: +61 2 9633 3533 Mobile: +61 420 959 093 Email: dwijenayake@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Middle East CYPRUS
SAUDI ARABIA
QATAR
OMAN
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Patrick Elston
Rafiq Ahmad Shah
Zohair Nassur
Mehboobali Nassur
Manoj Chaurasia
Patrick has been involved with claims in Cyprus and the Middle East for the last 30 years. Patrick is highly experienced in conducting marine surveys and covers a wide range of cargos from petroleum products, agricultural products, foodstuff, machinery, electrical and electronic equipment and construction materials.
Rafiq has more than 17 years loss adjusting experience handling a wide variety of claims. Rafiq has dealt with large value fire, storm, flood and numerous machinery breakdown claims and has also handled complex CAR/EAR, engineering and marine claims. Rafiq also handles property business interruption and liability losses
As a dedicated marine adjuster in the Qatar office, Zohair has dealt with a wide variety of engineering and marine claims within the Middle East. He also has vast experience in dealing with CAR/ EAR, contractor’s plant and machinery, product liability and property all risk losses in Qatar.
Mehboobali is a marine engineer and joined the loss adjusting profession in 1990. He specialises in a wide range of engineering and marine claims within the Middle East.
Manoj is responsible for handling a mixed portfolio of losses including fire and allied perils, machinery breakdown, engineering including EAR/CAR and related liability, contractors plant and equipment. He also handles marine cargo and energy insurance policies.
Significant losses/projects handled yy War damage to tanker in Arabian Gulf,
US$6.5m
yy Petroleum import claims for Ministry
of Petroleum US$86m, Lebanon
yy Unloading damage to
telecommunication equipment US$1.8m, Jordan
yy Water damage to bulk wheat cargo
US$2.4m, Limassol Port, Cyprus
yy Damage to wind turbine on unloading
US$0.7m, Limassol Port, Cyprus
Contact details Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: +357 2259 1060 Mobile: +357 9968 0484 Email: pelston@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Shipment of furniture 126 container
damaged during transit SAR1.9m, Jeddah
yy Consignment of medicines damaged
in marine transit SAR1m, Jeddah
yy Consignment of electrical panel
boards damaged during transit SAR500k, Yanbu
yy Damage to 100 MVA due to impact
as it fell down while loading the ship, SAR500k
yy Damage to the consignment of paper
reels (bulk cargo), SAR700k
yy Transit to the roller shafts of one of
the major upcoming cement factories SAR 500k, Western Saudi Arabia
Contact details Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Significant losses/projects handled yy Silicon catalyst reducers to be
incorporated in a power plant US$500k, Qatar
yy Damage to power cables while
offloading US$250k, Qatar
yy Transformer dropped from a vessel
US$150k, Qatar
yy Steel components for decoration
found rusted US$150k, Qatar
Contact details Doha, State of Qatar Tel: +974 4491 5702 Mobile: +974 6602 4607 Email: znassur@marine-cl.com
Significant losses/projects handled yy Damage to port infrastructure
US$2.5m, Muscat, Salalah and Sohar
yy Damage to NI-MH batteries in
containers, which were being shipped from Hong Kong to Germany and abandoned at Salalah, Oman US$1.3m
yy Port Services Corporation (SAOG)
Hull Claims
Contact details Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Tel: +968 2456 1467 Mobile: +968 9934 2738 Email: mnassur@marine-cl.com
Manoj has over eight years of experience as a multi-disciplined loss adjuster both in the India and United Arab Emirates.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Shuweihat Asia Power Project, Abu Dhabi yy Damage to heat exchanger during
inland transit US$350k, Abu Dhabi
yy Damage to diffusers US$60K, Abu Dhabi yy Condensation damage in steel coils,
claim repudiated
yy Damage to air compressor during
discharge from vessel US$750k, Mumbai, India
Contact details Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 2 622 2048 Mobile: +971 50 593 4510 Email: mchaurasia@marine-cl.com
Tel: +966 2 6615 3221 Mobile: +966 569 876 225 Email: rshah@marine-cl.com
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Key contacts – Latin America Argentina
BRAZIL
MEXICO
Marcelo Garibaldi
Lenes Costa
Albino Madrigal
Marcelo has worked as a loss adjuster since 1977. Prior to joining us, Marcelo ran his own marine surveying company in Argentina. He first worked for Cunningham Lindsey following Hurricane Georges, after spending several months as part of our catastrophe team in Puerto Rico. Marcelo specialises in marine cargo and contingency claims and is fluent in Spanish and English.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Collision and fire of tanker with
gasoline US$2.3m, Argentina
yy Marine transport, stock fire US$7m,
Argentina
yy Fire at seafood processing company
US$2m, Uruguay
yy Contamination of products US$1m,
Argentina
yy Collision and damages to port,
US$9.2m, Argentina
yy Cruiser terminal, loss to pier US$10m,
Mexico
Contact details Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 11 5217 9400 Mobile: +54 911 5037 4800 Email: mgaribaldi@marine-cl.com
Lenes has over nine years of insurance experience, initially working for an insurance company within the marine department. He then moved to an insurance broker, where he was responsible for the marine accounts and has now joined our Brazil office handling all our marine claims. Building on his work experience, Lenes now has a unique insight into the entire marine insurance claims process.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Marine transport, contamination of
Melamine US$0.5m, Paranaguá, Brazil
yy Marine transport, carbon regeneration
kiln for the mining industry US$0.5m, Maranhão, Brazil
yy Marine transport, oil and gas industry
machinery, US$1.0m, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
yy Marine transport, sulfonation equipment
used within the specialty chemicals industry US$4.0m, Santos, Brazil
Contact details São Paulo, Brazil Tel: +55 11 3060 2215 Mobile: +55 11 98132 8419 Email: lcosta@marine-cl.com
Albino began his loss adjusting career in 1998, gaining significant expertise in property, liability, marine surveying and transportation claims, among others. He joined Cunningham Lindsey Mexico in 2007. Albino also has experience with major losses and catastrophic events, adjusting claims after a number of hurricanes and other catastrophes.
Significant losses/projects handled yy Multimillionaire claims due to damage
by Hurricane ‘Wilma’ in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico
yy Damage to stock of non-ferrous
mineral concentrates due to Hurricane ‘Jova’ in Manzanillo, Colima State, Mexico, US$7m
yy Liability due to the explosion of truck
loaded with explosives in Coahuila State, Mexico, US$3m
yy Material damage to railroad
infrastructure as a consequence of flood in Chiapas States, Mexico, US$2m
yy Explosion in a grain silos complex in
Tlalnepantla, Mexico State, Mexico, US$3.5m
yy Contamination of a shipment of corn
during the marine transit from USA to Mexico, US$1m
Contact details Mexico City, Mexico Tel: +52 55 5322 5720 Mobile: +52 1 55 9197 8972 Email: amadrigal@marine-cl.com
How we can help
The success of our Global Marine Practice Group is based on understanding what our clients need and making sure we deliver it. We believe that there are a number of key aspects to our surveying philosophy that have contributed to our success over the past few years.
Clarity
Specialist marine claims unit
Just as our reports are designed to be clear and comprehensive, our aim is for all the parties involved to fully understand what is required to progress individual claims.
Based in Cardiff, United Kingdom, our professional marine claims handling unit provides fully outsourced claims services to Lloyd’s and company market clients and can use our network to provide actual surveys.
We develop this sense of cohesion by ensuring that our instructing office, manages the process from start to finish. They may use one of our many experienced marine surveyors from our impressive global network to conduct the survey but they will ensure the report is issued from the instructing office; presented in clear, easy to understand language. Multi-disciplined team We have a wide range of technically skilled people such as master mariners and cargo surveyors ready to respond to your needs. These specialists are based within the Cunningham Lindsey Group and work in unison with our Global Practice Group either in-house or on location ready for a swift investigation.
Dedicated recovery department Our team of multilingual marine experts, have an enviable amount of knowledge about the various international treaties and can offer you advice and support on dealing with claims against inland, sea, road, air and rail carriers and/or stevedores.
Management information For many years we have recognised how IT contributes to a first class service and have pioneered the development of tailored systems geared around your needs. Using the full depth of our IT resources, we have developed web-based claims reporting and monitoring systems all designed to assist clients with their management information.
Easy to do business with Our team, who will be working on your claim or your account, will be made up of senior surveyors with many years of marine experience. Not only do we have an excellent working relationship with each other, we will also take every step to develop an efficient and enjoyable partnership with you. Our sole aim is to ensure that your interests are properly represented, to ensure you reach a satisfactory conclusion promptly.
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Being online and mobile You can find all our expertise, news and adjusters on our website cunninghamlindsey.com. But since we always aim for the best service for our clients, we decided to add a little something extra by making our marine surveyors even easier to locate and contact. Over the last year we have launched three online systems which allows you to locate and contact a marine surveyor either using your phone, tablet, or computer.
Marine capabilities database - launched Available through our website, our database currently contains more than 125 specialists in 34 countries, continuously updated and expanded to give you an even better service.
Smartphone app - available Our CLMarine app is a portal into our comprehensive marine services and access to our marine surveyors and adjusters worldwide; offering you extensive support pre-loss during and after a marine claim. Please see our website for further details – cunninghamlindsey.com or scan the QR code below.
Marine mobile website - live Marine claims happen on a 24/7 basis all over the world and often need a quick response by a specialist marine surveyor. We have now developed a mobile website which enables you, when on the move, to find not only the contact details but also the capabilities of our specialist marine surveyors.
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Global network Cunningham Lindsey is a truly global organisation operating in excess of 60 countries, offering a fast, efficient and consistent service from our operating platform of over 600 offices and more than 7,000 employees. We undertake assignments throughout the world from offices established in:
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