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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…

A hydrographic surveyor was appointed to conduct a survey for a harbour authority. The surveyor made a mistake taking the readings as they had not allowed for the depth of the transducer on the…

An offshore consultant performed a site assessment for a jack-up crane barge. The site was known to have some inherent difficulties for jack-up operations due to the underlying layer of soft clay…

As part of a pipeline project a surveyor carried out geotechnical sampling which required the collection of samples at numerous stations. Unfortunately the surveyor did not follow proper procedures…

A consultant was engaged to notify all interested parties along a route of a new telecommunications cable. The consultant did this in accordance with its principal’s instructions. However, whilst…

A hydrographic surveyor member of ITIC also carried out land surveys. They were contracted to set-out a shore entry point of a subsea power cable. The setting out of the entry points was done…

An offshore surveying firm signed a contract with an oil company, for the provision of geophysical surveys and geotechnical surveys over certain gas fields. The gas extraction in that field had been…

ITIC always emphasises the importance of using a suitable contract to ensure your position is clear and protected. This includes using a set of terms and conditions which are correctly…

The cargo manifests were inputted onto a port system 13 minutes past the deadline for 200 containers. As a result, when the ship arrived into port, the port did not know where to direct the…