Cargo Consult Ltd

Cargo Consult is a market-leading consultancy specialising in the safe carriage of dry commodity cargoes by sea. We serve the global shipping industry, principally P&I Clubs, Cargo Insurers, Hull Insurers, Charterers, Shipowners, as well as the Buyers and Sellers of commodities, involved in various legal disputes arising from the transportation of goods by sea. We field a multidisciplinary team of highly expert industry-trained technical and scientific consultants to investigate major cargo losses worldwide. We also perform loss prevention studies for commodity traders and carriers and their respective insurers identifying causes of losses and measures required to reduce losses and claims. We conduct forensic analyses of documentary evidence post-loss and provide rapid evaluations for clients and their legal teams. We have provided expert witness evidence regarding causation, quantum, and mitigation in arbitration and commercial courts and courts of enquiry in jurisdictions around the world. We are highly professional, scrupulously impartial, and steadfastly independent. We provide evidence only in areas where clients, courts, and tribunals have deemed us highly expert. Consequently, our technical evidence relating to the suitability of cargo for shipment, the proper care of cargo during storage and transportation, the proper maintenance and operation of ships, and what constitutes a safe system of cargo care in particular circumstances, has been accepted by courts and tribunals worldwide in virtually all cases where we have been instructed as expert witnesses. We specialise in determining whether ships are seaworthy, considering specific cargoes and planned voyages, and whether cargoes are safe for shipment.