Singapore Team

Member of Lloyd's Panel of SCRs

Chartered Engineer

Fellow of Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Rosalind is a naval architect specialising in salvage, wreck removal and shipping incident investigations. As well as having given written and oral expert evidence in court she also has recent experience providing technical advice on a number of complex and politically sensitive salvage and wreck removal operations worldwide. 

Her work has included development of salvage specifications and management of the bid evaluation process in addition to overseeing the operation itself. She is particularly experienced in dealing with seriously damaged large container vessels following grounding or collision, including the practical aspects relating to discharge of damaged containers from flooded holds, management of structural condition and refloating operations.  

Previously working in offshore design, Rosalind has a strong technical background in complex hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analyses with significant experience in offshore installations, moorings, ocean transport, motion analyses and metocean studies.

Master Mariner STCW II/2 – Unlimited

Second Engineer STCW III/3 – up to 3000kW

Sjoerd is an experienced master mariner and has many years’ experience with heavy lift/project cargo vessels having combined lifting capacities up to 1400 tonnes. Graduating as maritime officer in the Netherlands he also obtained a certificate of competency as second engineer up to 3000kW under the dual discipline certification before continuing his career as a deck officer.

He has worked in all ranks, including chief officer and also had command as master on a wide range of vessel types engaged in worldwide delivery voyages. With later experience as a ship delivery superintendent assisting client/owners with the vessel’s final acceptance and as a marine surveyor where he has investigated cargo and machinery issues on behalf of owners, charterers and insurers.

During his sea going career and his more recent shore based role as cargo superintendent, he gained extensive experience with planning, approval, warranty, loading, securing, carriage and discharge of many types of heavy and oversized cargoes as well as associated breakbulk cargoes.

Master Mariner STCW II/2 (Oil, Chemical and Passenger Ship endorsements) 

Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute 

EXCO member of the Society of Master Mariners, South Africa 

Mike is a master mariner with extensive experience both at sea and ashore and has recent command experience on Supramax bulk carriers.  He has both marine consultancy and surveying and experience from the shoreside positions he has held.

Mike first sailed as a deck officer with Unicorn Lines and served on various vessel types including bulk carriers, breakbulk vessels, product tankers up to 40,000 DWT, and Ro-Ro’s.

Mike gained significant experience as a marine surveyor and marine consultant while working ashore in South Africa. He has dealt with break bulk cargoes, liquid cargoes including bunkers, crude oil and chemicals, as well as cargo lashing and P&I condition surveys. Mike received accreditation as Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Petroleum Services surveyor and has experience supervising ship-to-ship (STS) transfers on VLCC’s.

Mike has received instructions from various P&I Clubs and solicitors and travelled extensively across Africa, Europe, South America, and Asia, where he has undertaken investigations into marine incidents and has provided both written and oral expert testimony to arbitration tribunals. Mike has a particular interest in navigation and his recent command experience combined with his knowledge of ECDIS and electronic ship systems has proved to be invaluable.

In addition, Mike led the establishment of cadet recruitment, career development and mentoring programs at Unicorn Shipping. This combination of experience has given Mike a broad understanding of the influence of the human element on both marine practices and shipping incidents. 

Mike is an integral member of Solis Marine’s global team of marine consultants and assists with expanding our footprint as he is based in Southern Africa. He brings his long and diverse experience in the region and will be providing professional services to Solis Marine’s clients in the region.

Singapore Institute of Technology and Newcastle University, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Naval  Architecture 2020 

Associate Member of Royal Institution of Naval Architects 2017 

Jun Hao is providing engineering and analysis services  for shipping incident investigations. His work consists of providing support to Solis  Marine’s master mariners for their expert reports and incident investigations,  specifically working on cargo stowage, lashing arrangements, and 2D plotting using  AutoCAD for visual representation for further analysis. His recent work includes damage investigations in container and container lashing  system, reconstruction of the damaged bay and lashing bridge on a container ship in  2D, analyses of container lashing forces, and 2D plots of vessels’ tracks using AIS  data. 

National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Chief Engineer Officer STCW’95 A-III/2

Associate of South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

Eugene is responsible for providing marine engineering as well as salvage consultancy to the group, this includes attendance for marine salvage and wreck removal projects.

Eugene also provides support to marine underwriters for hull and machinery claims, he is able to undertake detailed surveys of marine equipment and machinery as well as investigations relating to mechanical damage.

As Chief Engineer, Eugene worked on various anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS), including DP2 vessels ranging from 7,000 to 18,000 BHP. Work undertaken included pre-laying of 22 tonne anchors in deep water, anchor handling for pipe laying barges and static towing of FPSO’s as well as general offshore anchor handling and towing operations for offshore projects.

Eugene also sailed as Chief Engineer on DP2 Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) with 690V General Electric and ABB diesel electric propulsion systems driving azimuth thrusters.