16:20 -
17:00
40 mins
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Main agenda
Panel: Investigating the grey area between legal, regulatory and commercial issues facing masters at port
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Adrian Scales - Master Mariner , Brookes Bell
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Alan Speed - Senior Claims Director, Thomas Miller P&I
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Peter Gercans - Partner, MFB Solicitors
- Best practice vs. commercial pressures
- Are carriers taking more risks in current market conditions
- How the industry can come together to tackle noncompliance
- Importance of proper reporting form masters (MARS Scheme)
- Cargo and certificate falsification: associated risks and issues
- Checklists
- Preparing the master before taking a group A cargo
- Training of crew
- Appreciating differing port infrastructure
- Practicalities vs. due diligence: rejecting potentially dangerous cargo
- Shipowner's role in mitigating incidents