Sebastien Lacroix Email & Phone Number

PRESENTATION:With 15 years of experience as an independant surveyor, I provide French and foreign underwriters, insurance brokers, average agents and top-ranked transport and logistics companies with technical expertise on cargo damage, theft or loss arising from mono/multimodal transport, logistics or lifting operations of goods of various nature, whether for cargo or liability insurance policies and on both domestic and international scales.Since November 2019, I am referenced by French CNPP as a certified insurance surveyor / assessor with a speciality in goods transport.AREAS :- Multimodal carriage (sea / air / river / road / rail)- Hoisting- Handling- Warehousing- Heavy lifts, industrial projects and oversized shipments- Home moving (relocation)- Industrial risks, break of machine- Dry, tanked or temperature-controlled consignments (inclusing perishables and pharmaceutical drugs)- Heavy equipments and machinery- ISO containers and European swap bodies- Court surveysEXPERTISE:- French transport laws and regulations- International rules and conventions (CMR, air, maritime)- Freight brokers, freight forwarders, carriers, handlers and warehouse-keepers standard contractual liabilities- Industrial manufacturer liability (unrelated to transport activities)- Third-party liability (related or not to transport activities)SKILLS:- Damages assessment- Loss mitigation by salvage sale- Pre-loading inspections- Investigation on circumstances of cargo thefts in light of parties' contractual obligations- Surveys reports and follow-ups in English and French