LOC

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LOC

MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

www.loc-group.com

Over the past two decades, we have grown to become a truly international

Our Company
LOC (London Offshore Consultants) was established in 1979 to provide independent, high quality, marine & engineering consultancy and surveying services to the worlds shipping and energy industries.

organization with offices in the worlds major shipping locations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. These offices provide an unequalled network of marine and engineering expertise and global marine emergency response services to our clients throughout the world. Our unique blend of diverse technical skills and experience enables us to offer a wide range of specialist consultancy and surveying services to our client base, which includes P&I Clubs and other marine insurance interests as well as marine lawyers, shipowners and charterers, cargo interests and government bodies. Instructions range from major high profile cases such as marine casualty investigations, salvage and wreck removal consultancy and litigation technical expertise to activities such as day to day cargo surveys, loss prevention inspections, management audits and general marine consultancy.

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Our People
We believe that the key to our success lies not only in our core values of independence and quality, but also in the wide range of technical skills and expertise our personnel can bring to bear in servicing the needs of our clients. Our experienced international staff of professionally qualified master mariners, naval architects, multi-disciplined engineers and surveyors are able to form a rapid appreciation of clients requirements and to respond effectively to these needs either individually or as multi-disciplinary teams. This enables us to tackle any task, from a straightforward routine survey to the most complex, multi-disciplinary problems and casualties.

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Our Master Mariners have command experience and some also have shore management experience as marine superintendents and fleet managers.

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They come from a broad background with experience in oil, chemical and gas tankers, bulk carriers, container vessels, general cargo vessels, passenger ferries and liners, salvage, towage and offshore construction vessels.

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Our Marine Engineers are similarly experienced, having served as Chief Engineer and also ashore in superintending and management roles or classification societies as Surveyors. Hull & machinery problems, bunker disputes, newbuilding disputes and structural surveys are strong features of their expertise. The Naval Architects have specialist knowledge in ship design and construction, classification societies and ship research. This is particularly beneficial in salvage operations and casualty investigations including collision analyses and ship safety studies focusing on strength and stability. Our Civil & Structural Engineers have many years specializing in the design and construction of ports and harbours, as well as experience of bridges, cranes and port and offshore loading facilities. This enables them to provide expertise on fixed object damage cases, as well as other maritime civil engineering projects.

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The professional services we offer include but are not limited to:

Salvage and wreck removal consultancy Total loss and seaworthiness investigations Fixed object damage investigations Collision surveys and investigations Hull & machinery surveys and investigations Unsafe berths and port investigations Cargo damage surveys and investigations Pollution investigations and control Personal injury investigations New building disputes Ice navigation studies Slow steaming investigations Oil shortage claims Mooring analyses Structural analyses Port and harbour design and operational studies Condition and sale/purchase surveys Towage surveys, approvals and investigations Management and operations audits Dynamic positioning audits and trials Risk analyses and loss prevention

Our Services
Our business involves us in a wide variety of maritime matters, including marine casualties and claims, salvage and wreck removal, marine consultancy, surveys and audits. In each of these areas, we are able to investigate, advise, analyse and survey as necessary, in accordance with our clients instructions. This frequently involves providing technical expert evidence in High Court and arbitration hearings in the UK, USA, Singapore and other maritime litigation centres around the world.

Our Future
Even in the new millennium, shipping remains as essential as it ever has done to the successful functioning of global commerce. 10.0 An increasing number of rules and regulatory systems pose new requirements and obligations on shipowners and their operations, whilst shipping related issues, 9.0 incidents and casualties receive ever greater attention from the worlds media and the general public, particularly with regard to environmental issues. 8.0 As shipping lanes, waterways and ports continue to become more and more congested and scrutiny of the 7.0 shipping industry increases in its intensity, we at LOC are and will remain dedicated to providing an independent, high quality service to respond rapidly and effectively to 6.0 the needs of the shipping industry in the 21st century.

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