ITIC’s comprehensive professional indemnity insurance is tailored to suit the specific needs of other transport professionals such as:
• Bathymetric surveyors
• Energy surveyors
• Environmental consultants
• Expert witnesses
• Fire and metallurgy consultants
• Geophysical consultants
• Loss adjusters
• Managers of mutuals
• Marine registries
• Oceanographers
• Transport consultants
• Transport project designers
• Warranty surveyors
• Railway
To demonstrate potential liabilities of transport professionalsm the following example of a leading case from Sweden may be helpful.
The Swedish Hydrographic Office produced a navigation chart with an incorrectly marked rock. A Russian tanker struck the rock and filed a claim against the organisation. The Swedish Supreme Court held that the Hydrographic Office was liable to the tanker owners for the consequences. This included the damage to the ship. Additionally, the Court held that because the chart was defective, the owner had a valid defence to any claim for the cleanup costs of the resulting oil spillage and any pollution claims.
