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Piracy remains a very real and serious issue for the shipping industry. Spreading beyond the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden, our experience of investigating and managing piracy issues has…

Grounding and collisions can lead to a range of negative outcomes, from applying extreme loads upon ship structures, significant hull damage, to loss of life. No matter how they occur, once…

The proper stowage and securing of cargoes is a vital part of ensuring safe operations at sea. Failure to properly stow and secure cargoes has led to numerous serious ship casualties, injuries…

According to the World Shipping Council around 1,300 containers are lost at sea every year. Whilst this may not seem like a huge number given the volume of global shipping trade, every container…

Are your bulk carrier operations undertaking hold cleaning and preparation properly?  If they’re not, you could fail hold inspections and quickly find yourself facing substantial cargo…

The handling and carriage of liquid cargoes is highly complex and provides operators and charterers with a unique set of challenges. With years of operational and consultancy experience, Brookes…

Under the MARPOL convention, ship owners have an obligation to minimise the level of pollution generated by their operations.  Our Master Mariners are well versed in the requirements of the…

Never standing still when it comes to bringing the latest approaches and methodologies to market, Brookes Bell has eliminated the need for expensive and time-consuming modelling with our finite…

Brookes Bell has access to NAPA software at primary capability level; a robust and flexible naval architecture package which is used by only a few consultancies (due to the very high licensing…

Managing a large salvage or wreck removal project is no mean feat. Yet, it’s something at which Brookes Bell excels. We have developed a wide and multidisciplinary casualty management system…