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The Maltese-flagged oil tanker ERIKA broke apart off the west coast of France and severely polluted the French coastline in December 1999. Alongside others, the French State sued…

In November 2002, the Bahamas-flagged oil tanker PRESTIGE, heading from the Baltic to Asia with a cargo of heavy fuel oil, began to break up in bad weather in the Bay of Biscay. Upon…

A classification society surveyor had given an 80 foot steel hulled motor yacht a periodical special survey and had passed the yacht as “100 A1”. The surveyor knew that a purchaser was interested in…

There was an explosion and fire aboard a ship causing the death of two crew members. A classification society classed the ship and issued an ISM certificate for it. The source of ignition had not…

A charterer alleged to have suffered losses as a result of misleading and deceptive conduct by the classification society in the classification of an offshore supply vessel. The charterer alleged…

In 2016, a bulk carrier suffered a stern shaft breakage during a voyage, causing the engine room to be flooded with seawater and leaving the ship out of control. The shipowner immediately arranged…

A classification society classed a ship from the time she was built until the end of 2015 when the ship switched to a new classification society. Four years later, the new classification society…

A naval architect designed a series of fast pilot boats. They completed the designs and submitted them to a classification society who advised that the forward stringers should be…

Offshore professionals operate in diverse areas. These include: seismic, hydrographic and geophysical surveyors; designers and naval architects of oil rigs, drill ships or FPSOs; design and…

An offshore engineering firm was engaged by the head contractor engaged in the construction of an offshore windfarm to design a subsea pile template (“SPT”) to be used to assist in the driving of…