Mega Box Ships


The role of the Special Casualty Representative in the salvage of mega box ships


Nick Haslam joined Brookes Bell as Partner in March 2019 after 22 years in the marine consultancy industry. He previously served at sea for 21 years in all ranks up to Master. He has considerable towing and anchor handling experience and previously worked for four years with a salvage company onboard salvage tugs. He also served on various ship types including reefer, container, bulk carrier, general cargo, tugs and AHTS. Nick has carried out a variety of surveys and opinion-based work since becoming a consultant. His particular specialisations are in the areas of salvage and wreck removal; towing disputes; offshore operations; and salvage arbitration. In 1999, Nick was appointed to the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch SCR Panel as Special Casualty Representative (SCR), in 2017 he was appointed as the SCR representative and sits on the SCOPIC Committee at Lloyd’s.


78 | The Report • September 2019 • Issue 89 BY NICK HASLAM,


PRINCIPAL MASTER MARINER, BROOKES BELL


Amid the growing trend of an increase in ship sizes, Mr. Nick Haslam uses his insight as a Special Casualty Representative (SCR) to consider what the priorities are during salvage of mega box ships. This article was first published in the Standard P&I Club’s Mega Box Ship bulletin at https://bit.ly/2XGYc5I.


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