William Hargreaves
Master Mariner
Bill is a Chartered Master Mariner with Command experience and over 30 years of ship-handling and Pilotage experience. He has sailed on Crude and Product Tankers, Gas Carriers and Chemical Tankers as Master and has experience on Bulk Carriers and Car Carriers. He is a qualified Pilot, Pilot Assessor and Lecturer at Solent University – delivering courses on ship handling, ship operations and collision avoidance.
- Qualified Master, Pilot, Pilot Assessor, and Nautical Surveyor
- Extensive Ship Handling Experience, both practical and academic.
- Responsibility as a senior officer for Tanker, LPG and Bulk Carrier Operations
- Specialist in Accident Investigations, Risk Assessments, Personal Injury Claims
- Specialist in Cargo Claims, Salvage, Port Development, and Charter Party Disputes
Since coming ashore, Bill has worked as a Nautical Surveyor, Pilot, Associate Lecturer and Marine Consultant.
As a Nautical Surveyor, he was responsible for the survey (and occasional detention) of vessels, accident investigations, navigational audits and the examinations of masters and mates. As a Pilot, he was a First Class (Unrestricted) Authorised Pilot at the Port of Southampton for 28 years and was primarily responsible for the pilotage of vessels of all different types and sizes. Other duties included in-house accident investigations, risk assessments, pilot and pilot exemption assessments, and salvage work. Since 2021 he has kept himself current in pilotage operations as a Relief Pilot in Portsmouth International Port. As an Associate Lecturer, he has ben responsible for the delivery and examination of subjects including ship handling, cargo operations, bridge team management, and emergency procedures. He is both a qualified assessor and interval verifier of the assessment process. As a marine consultant he has been involved in casualty and personal injury investigations, port development and feasibility studies, navigational impact studies, ship handling ,tug operations and pilotage studies.
His volunteering activities include extensive experience on square riggers. He has published peer-reviewed papers including the master-pilot relationship. He is a member of the Nautical Institute’s Technical Committee, responsibilities which have included the peer-reviewing of the Nautical Institute’s latest publication on Bridge Resource Management.
In addition to his Master Mariner Certificate of Competency, William is a Chartered Master Mariner and has Masters’ degrees in both Logistics and Advanced Pedagogical Practice. The combination of both practical experience and academic rigour is particularly suited to his role as a marine consultant and expert witness.
His primary focus is marine casualties, cargo claims, charter disputes including ‘safe port’ litigation and personal injury claims
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