2. Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) is an international marine surveying and technical
consultancy firm providing expert advice to the shipping and marine insurance industries, operating
from a network of offices in leading maritime centres around the world.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialised marine engineering, surveying and technical
consultancy services for all types of marine transportation with particular focus on casualty
investigations, claims and loss prevention.
Our pedigree has developed from the beginnings of marine surveying through The Salvage Association.
Our reputation is built on independence, integrity, ability to respond quickly and our long standing
relationships developed over many years of protecting our clients’ interests.
Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) is part of Braemar Shipping Service plc.
Our team of highly experienced technical personnel includes:
Master Mariners, Marine Engineers, Marine
Electrical / Electronics Engineers and Naval
Architects in addition to other specialisms.
All have specialist areas of expertise and combine
an in-depth technical knowledge with a practical
understanding of the factors affecting our
clients’ businesses.
Our clients include marine hull and cargo
underwriters, P&I Clubs, marine lawyers,
shipowners, charterers, finance providers, energy
companies and government bodies worldwide.
Global operations
Our worldwide network of strategically placed offices enables us to service our clients on a global
and regional basis providing 24 hour response capability 365 days of the year.
Principal offices
UK & Western Europe: +44 (0)20 7648 9650 | london@braemar.com
Americas: +1 212 587 9300 | new.york@braemar.com
Asia Pacific: +65 6517 6860 | singapore@braemar.com
Middle East & India: +971 (0)4 331 3100 | dubai@braemar.com
Med & Eastern Europe: +30 210 429 2690 | piraeus@braemar.com
enquiries@braemar.com | www.braemarsa.com
Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Our services
Key Facts
+ Over 150 years of heritage & expertise
+ Employing 100+ skilled technical staff
+ Worldwide network of strategically
placed offices servicing clients on
a global and regional basis
+ 24 / 7 Response capability
Quaerite vera -
“seek the truth” H&M damage surveys,
risk assessments,
inspections and audits
Marine casualty
response and
investigation
Marine consultancy
services
Yacht services
technical consultants
and marine surveyors
Yacht services
technical consultants
and marine surveyors
International project
cargo and transport
risk services
GLOBAL SUPPORT SERVICES
24/7 worldwide response
After hours contact:
Phone: +44 (0)20 7648 9650
Email: gss@braemar.com
3. A reputation for being
the leading provider
of hull and machinery
damage surveys
Surveys, inspections & audits
• Hull & Machinery damage surveys
• Condition surveys including loss
prevention, H&M JH2013-007
A, B and P&I
• Risk assessment surveys including
JH2013-007 C (Joint Hull Committee)
• Ship repair costs / advice
• On / Off hire surveys
• Newbuild construction surveys
• Cargo damage surveys
• Shipyard management company audits
• Shipyard risk surveys and shipyard
management audits including JH143
• ISM Audits
• Pre-purchase condition and
valuation surveys
• Sea trials verification
• Safety audits
• OVID inspections
• Mooring and lay-up approvals
• Bunker management
Carrying on the tradition of The Salvage
Association, originally formed in 1856 on behalf of
the Lloyd’s of London Marine Insurance market,
we have built our reputation on Hull and Machinery
damage surveys, and in providing support during
the claims and repairs process.
Over the years we have also played a leading
role in the development of warranties and
surveys to support loss prevention. Many of the
loss prevention surveys have been developed
in cooperation with the Joint Hull Committee
and not only include surveys of vessels but also
management capability, on board fuel
management and shipyard risk.
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Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Hull & Machinery
damage surveys, risk
assessment surveys,
inspections and audits
For example, following a series of shipyard
accidents and losses in the early part of this
century, the JH143 shipyard risk assessment
warranty survey was introduced by the Joint
Hull Committee in 2003. Since then Braemar
(Incorporating The Salvage Association) has
carried out over 450 risk assessments with the
result being a significant reduction in these losses.
Today Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage
Association) offer a full range of risks assessment
surveys, many of which have been developed for
our clients benefit. We also carry out P&I condition
surveys, pre-purchase conditions surveys, OVID
and CMID inspections.
4. Marine casualty
response and
investigation
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Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Services
The main areas of our work in marine casualty investigations are:
• Salvage operations and wreck removal
• Special casualty representative (SCR) appointments
• Collisions, groundings and fixed object damages
• Cargo damages and cargo recovery
• Hull and Machinery damages
• Pollution advice / management and post casualty clean-up
• Technical investigation and forensic analysis
• Expert reports and evidence
• Naval architects to support salvors
• Naval architecture assessment for wreck removal
• Project management of Third Party contractors
(Including audit of systems and accounts)
• Expert witness advice and review of claims
GLOBAL SUPPORT SERVICES
24/7 worldwide response
After hours contact:
+44 (0)20 7648 9650
gss@braemar.com
Rapid response
to marine incidents
worldwide
The surveyors of Braemar (Incorporating
The Salvage Association) have been involved in
all types of serious investigations and high profile
casualties and are able to respond quickly and
efficiently to any marine casualty, worldwide,
24 hours a day.
We can assist with salvage operations and
determine cause and extent, assist in mitigating the
loss, collect evidence and provide expert advice to
shipowners, operators and underwriters.
We provide our clients with rapid and cost effective
support for marine casualties from the early
stages, with salvage support services and on-site
surveys, through the evidence gathering process,
investigation and analysis to expert advice and
appearance as expert witnesses in litigation.
We have extensive experience in marine casualty
response and through our worldwide network we
provide timely attendance and advice for a broad
range of marine casualties and complex cases.
Our team has a wide range of in-depth practical
experience supported by advanced analytical
and forensic capabilities to assist in control
of the situation, loss prevention and
subsequent investigation.
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Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Marine
consultancy
services
Our marine consultancy team offers services
to legal firms, P&I Clubs, finance houses and
banks, oil majors, vessel owners and managers,
regulatory bodies and other organisations that
require experienced, knowledgeable and reliable
expertise delivered with integrity and speed.
We offer a breadth of expertise unrivalled
in content, proximity to local markets and
geographical reach.
Our team of experienced senior personnel
can deliver a full range of marine consultancy
services that includes expert witness work,
litigation support, technical due diligence,
detailed incident investigation and bespoke
project consulting.
Services
+Technical due diligence
+ Project feasibility
+ Technical risk assessment
+ Milestone assessment
+ Newbuilds and conversion
+ Post-acquisition support
Ship finance and sale and
purchase consulting
Our team’s extensive experience of managing vessels
provides a trustworthy platform for the provision of
technical due diligence for private equity interests or
lenders who may be considering either acquisition
or sale of fleets, companies or vessels.
Services
+ Asset management
+ Vessel operations
+ Maintenance, repair and conversion
+ Procedures and compliance
+ Dry dock support
+ Superintendency
+ Port operations
+ Regulatory consulting
Marine operations consulting
We can offer project technical support and advice,
marine operations design and improvement advice, ISM
and compliance support, preparation of procedures,
incident investigation, vessel operational assessments,
fleet management assessments, Third Party
superintendency and owner representation.
Services
+ Cargo disputes - liquid, bulk &
containerised cargoes, inc. food damage
+ Fixed and floating object damage
+ Collision and grounding disputes
+ Bunker disputes
+ Navigation and unsafe port issues
P&I consulting
We work closely with P&I FD&D teams to provide
technical support and opinion in the event of a dispute.
We provide expertise in the following areas; cargo damage,
charterparty & performance disputes, bunker disputes,
sale & purchase issues, piracy, ISM issues, maintenance
disputes, bunker disputes, newbuild disputes, conversion
& repair issues and specification advice.
Services
+ Litigation support and expert witness
+ Admiralty
+ Cargo recovery and defence
+ Charterparty disputes
+ Shipbuilding, conversion and repair
+ Marine engineering
Disputes, litigation support
and expert witness
Our trained experts have extensive experience of
providing opinion and litigation support on all aspects
of wet or dry marine work in either court or
arbitration proceedings.
6. International
project cargo
and transport
risk specialists
We provide independent marine warranty surveys
and risk management services for underwriters,
operators, project owners and contractors.
Our services include surveying of;
+ Project cargo transportations
+ Heavy lifts
+ Towage of vessels and barges
+ Load-out and discharge of critical, large,
heavy or oversize cargoes
+ Seafastenings and voyage approvals
We can assist with many other challenging and
high-risk marine transportations where Third Party
review and approval is required.
We aim to protect our clients’ interests working
with operators and contractors to ensure a safe
and efficient delivery of their project.
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Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Project cargo services
Marine warranty surveys
• Project cargo and critical items
Risk management
• Heavy lifts
• Marine operations, RoRo / Flo/Flo & Lo/Lo
• Navigational risk
• Transhipments
• Barge operations
• Road, rail and air transportation
Surveys and consultancy
• Load-outs, stowage and securing
• Load-ins surveys
• Route surveys
• Vessel suitability surveys
• Engineering and seafastening design
• Transport manuals
• Risk assessments and method statements
• Supply chain audits
Cargo surveys
• Packing and Packaging
• Cargo damage
• Investigations
• Expert opinion
Warranty surveys
• Tow and towage approval
• Voyage approval
Corporate members of The International Cargo
Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA)
Over 2,000 major marine, onshore and off-
shore projects requiring the transportation
of project cargo and critical items including;
+ Offshore platforms
+ Gas turbines
+ LPG bullets
+ Pipe racks
+ Jackets
+ Generators
+ Process plant
+ Pressure vessels
+ Pre-assembles
modules
+ Heat exchangers
+ Wind turbines
+ Storage tanks
+ Nuclear reactors
Worldwide expertise
in risk management
We combine extensive operational experience and
state-of-the-art analytical tools with a proactive and
practical approach.
We have played and continue to play a leading role
in developing many of the internationally accepted
guidelines used for marine warranty surveys and
transportation risk management.
Our worldwide team of master mariners, marine
engineers, naval architects and warranty surveyors
provide Third Party assessment, advice and risk
control for projects and to the transportation of
project cargo.
Our project management expertise and specialist
technical knowledge in dealing with complex
project cargo operations allows us to deliver safe,
cost effective and practical support for the most
challenging assignments.
7. Yacht services
technical
consultants and
marine surveyors
YACHTSERVICES
Technical consultancy
and marine survey
services to the
super yacht market
Yacht consultancy and surveying services
Damage surveys and
casualty investigations
• Assessment of the nature and extent
of casualty damage
• Advice on repair method and cost
• Root cause analysis
• Salvage supervision
Litigation services, expert
opinion and expert witness
• Grounding, collisions, contact damage
• Rigging failure
• Fire and flooding
• Machinery damage
• Salvage
• Sale, purchase and newbuild disputes
Naval architecture
• Feasibility studies
• Design support
• Model test attendance
• Lightweight surveys and
inclining experiments
Sale and purchase services
• Condition surveys
• Preparation to sell
• Prepurchase surveys
• Sea trials
Yacht safety and
incident prevention
• Advice on reliability of equipment, design
solutions and operations
• Incident prevention condition surveys
• Shipyard audit and newbuild risk
assessment (including JH 143)
• Shipyard management audit
• Yacht management company audit
• Crew drills, training and asset protection
on safety operations
• ISM audit
• Yacht load out surveys
Yacht projects
technical due diligence
For Yacht Owners and Investors
• Project feasibility
• Builder assessment
• Technical risk assessment
and mitigation
• Milestone assessment
• Commissioning and sea trial
New construction,
conversion, refit and repair
Asset Protection, Risk Reduction
and Cost Control
• Technical support to contract definition
and negotiation
• Design and technical
specification appraisal
• Yacht refit and repair costs / advice
• Supervision and planning including
commissioning and sea trials
• Cost control, tenders and
accounts review
• Newbuild and conversion
warranty management
yachtservices@braemar.com | www.braemarsa.com/yachts
Part of Braemar Shipping Services plc.
Our unique approach combines first class
multi-disciplinary expertise, a worldwide presence,
early response capability and proven reliability
to deliver a distinctive bespoke service with
high technical content.
Our team of highly qualified Master Mariners, Marine
Engineers, Naval Architects and Project Managers
combine specialist yacht expertise with unparalleled
knowledge on risk, asset protection and survey.
8. Principal Offices
UK & Western Europe: +44 (0)20 7648 9650 | london@braemar.com
Americas: +1 212 587 9300 | new.york@braemar.com
Asia Pacific: +65 6517 6860 | singapore@braemar.com
Middle East & India: +971 (0)4 331 3100 | dubai@braemar.com
Med & Eastern Europe: +30 210 429 2690 | piraeus@braemar.com
General enquiries enquiries@braemar.com | www.braemarsa.com
GLOBAL SUPPORT
SERVICES
24/7 worldwide response
After hours contact:
+44 (0)20 7648 9650
gss@braemar.com
Providing 24 hour
response capability
worldwide, 365 days
of the year
9. Part of Braemar’s technical division
Braemar Shipping Services plc
www.braemar.com
Head office
Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association)
Marlow House
1A Lloyd’s Avenue
London EC3N 3AA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7648 9650
Email: enquiries@braemar.com
