• Conformance to Coast Guard & other safety requirements.
• Personal injury evaluation & prevention; Jones Act Seaman.
• Mechanical & electrical failures.
• Fire prevention, fire fighting systems, fire cause & origin.
• Vessel design & code compliance including fishing vessels.
• Vessel pre-purchase and charter condition analysis, plumbing & HVAC.

Cargo, Harbor, Wharf & Hull Surveys:

• Harbor design & cargo handling facilities evaluations.
• Maintenance & safety systems. Environmental requirements.
• Vessel operations and docking procedures/requirements.
• Inspection & verification of cargo and containers.
• Inspection and requlatory compliance of domestic inland & ocean vessels.

Oil & Gas Pipeline Design & Evaluation: Ocean floor trenching methods. Pipeline design, installation, maintenance & repair. Facilities maintenance. Environmental & pollution concerns. Emergency response, safety systems, DOT, OSHA requirements.

Offshore Drilling & Production Platforms:

• Personal injury, product liability, design & use of equipment, facilities.
• Operational analysis, maintenance and construction.
• Safety systems, gas detection, blow outs, fires, hazard & risk analysis.
• Structural stability, wave analysis, ability to withstand wind loads.
• Conformance to National Standards, MMS, ABS, OSHA. OCS, others.

Cargo & Container Facilities; Cranes

• Personal injury, product liability, design & use of equipment, facilities.
• Operational analysis, maintenance and construction.
• Safety systems, hazard & risk analyses.
• Structural stability, static & dynamic load analyses.
• Cranes, load handling, OSHA & Coast Guard requirements.