2008  UK/South Atlantic
Instructed by:  Insurer
Techniacl advice on uses and values of krill meal in the context of a potential salvage of damaged cargo

2008 UK/Norway/Nigeria
Instructed by:  Insurer
Technical advice regarding risks of carrying stockfish in containers.  Review of manufacturing and likely causes of damage in transit

2007  UK/Norway
Instructed by:  Insurer
Technical and market advice regarding usage and value of a cargo of frozen cod found to be outside specification

2005-06  UK/Thailand
Instructed by:  Solicitors
Review of evidence and assessment of the likely extent of product deterioration and price damage suffered by a cargo of frozen Atlantic salmon fillets, caused by a reefer container malfunction

2004  Portugal
Instructed by:  Insurers
Sampling and assessment of extent of physical damage to a cargo of frozen herring that had been moving during heavy weather while en route through the Bay of Biscay

2004  UK/Norway
Instructed by: Insurer
Investigation of a claim for reduction in quality and value of a cargo of frozen squid to be used as bait for commercial long-line fishing

2004 UK/Japan
Instructed by:  Insurer
Investigations into a claim for damage to six container-loads of frozen pollock roe allegedly damaged due to mis-handling.  Assessment of evidence as to degree of damage and marketability

2004  UK/Japan
Instructed by:  Solicitors
Assessment of effects of temperature variation in container of frozen mackerel

2003-4  UK/South America/Japan
Instructed by:  Insurer
Assessment of alleged damage and reduction in value of a mixed cargo of frozen seafood products containing surimi, krill and krill meal

2003-4  UK/Ecuador/Japan
Instructed by:  Solicitors
Assessment of a historic case concerning a cargo of fish meal which self-combusted.  Review of fishmeal production and carriage techniques, possible interventions and alternative outcomes

2002  UK / Denmark / Russia
Instructed by:  Solicitors
Review of evidence surrounding a container of seafood products which lost temperature control en route from Denmark to Moscow.  Research on physical characteristics of products, modelling of cooling rates and the effect of likely temperature regime on product merchantability, also review of microbiological analysis used to condemn the cargo.

2002  UK
Instructed by:  Insurer
Review of a historic case involving a cargo of frozen squid allegedly damaged by warm temperatures and cross-contamination from a cargo of orange juice concentrate, en route from the South Atlantic to Korea.

2002  UK/Baltic
Instructed by: Insurer
Investigations into alleged temperature damage of a cargo of frozen mixed fish products in a reefer container that had been off power for 3 days on a feeder voyage in the Baltic.  Thermal modelling of cargo to assess whether alleged warming damage could have occurred.

2002  Italy/Gibraltar/Senegal
Instructed by:  Insurer
Assessment of extent and likely cause of damage to a cargo of frozen tuna suspected of being contaminated with hydrocarbons.

2001  Spain:  Tuna cargo quality assessment

2000 UK : Frozen mackerel cargo quality assessment.
 
1999/2000 Red Sea:  Containerized seafood cargo heat modelling

1999 Spain:  Oil contaminated tuna cargo

1999 Singapore:  Squid cargo dispute

1999 Ecuador and Thailand:  Tuna cargo quality dispute 

1999 UK: Fish product cargo damage through accidental cross-contamination with fish offal due to heavy weather and cargo movement

1998 Thailand:  Tuna cargo assessment 

1998/9  Hong Kong:  Squid cargo quality arbitration

1998  Japan:  Squid cargo assessment 

1998 Korea:  Squid cargo quality assessment 

1997 Germany:  Contamination of packaging of a cargo of frozen Alaskan pollock with oil fumes.

1997/8  Spain/Netherlands/Japan:   Mackerel cargo monitoring and assessment

1997 Hong Kong:  Assessment of live lobster transport operation

1997 Spain:  Hake cargo quality assessment

1997 Mauritania:   Hake cargo quality assessment

1997 Ecuador:  Tuna cargo quality assessment

1995 Spain:  Tuna cargo quality assessment

1995 Turkey:  Tuna cargo quality assessment

1995 Chile:  Inspection and sorting of a cargo of squid and hake as removed from a grounded reefer.

1994 Portugal:  Oil contamination of cargo of dried fish

1994 Spain:  Tuna cargo quality assessment  

1994 Spain:  Mixed seafood cargo assessment  

1994 Puerto Rico:  Tuna cargo quality assessment

1994 Japan:  Squid cargo quality assessment

1993 UK/Mexico:  Tuna cargo quality assessment  

1991 Italy: Inspection and valuation of damaged frozen shrimp and fish cargo.

1991 Korea:  Squid cargo assessment.

1990 Spain:  Tuna cargo quality assessment