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››› procedures. These can include excessive zooming or operating the chart for navigation with base information only displayed. Mr Lumbers concludes: “Effective


risk assessment as a critical function of implementation of electronic navigation is rarely emphasised when the transfer from paper to digital navigation is considered.”


Inadequate newbuilding supervision leads to costly claim A newbuilding supervisor appointed by a technical management firm to oversee the building of a number of chemical carriers who failed to adequately monitor the project cost his company US$350,000 in a compensation payment. The case hinged on what the newbuilding supervisor could reasonably be expected to have detected. The case, which is detailed in the latest issue


of the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) publication Claims Review, details a dispute which arose concerning two hulls that were scheduled for delivery in early 2009. In his monthly report for December 2008, the newbuilding supervisor stated: “There are no known matters at this stage with regard to the construction and commissioning of the hulls which may affect the scheduled target date”. On the basis of this report, the technical manager nominated the two vessels for a commercial contract. Upon completion of sea trials, deficiencies


were identified relating to the tank coating on the first vessel. An independent surveyor was appointed and reported that the tanks were


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badly corroded. It appeared that some remedial action had been taken by the yard to cover up poorly adhering paint. The delivery of both vessels was delayed by two months until later in 2009 as significant work had to be carried out re-blasting and recoating all cargo tanks on both vessels. The technical manager brought a claim


against the newbuilding supervisor for losses of US$830,000. The newbuilding supervisor argued that the defects only became apparent at the sea trials and that he was not responsible for the yard’s failure to properly apply the paint. A key concern was in relation to one of the


hulls, as the mud cracking and unauthorised repairs were evident in 20–30 per cent of the total tank area. It became apparent that the newbuilding supervisor has possibly failed in his duty to adequately supervise the newbuilding, especially in failing to detect the yard’s attempt to cover up the poorly adhering paint. Negotiations to settle the claim led to a compensation package of US$350,000 being agreed. TST


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