About us.John Halcrow, Managing Director A marine engineer with a career spanning over 40 years with a unique and detailed knowledge of the shipping, offshore and associated support industries, accompanied by strong analytical and problem solving skills; sound commercial awareness; considerable project management experience and the ability to adapt to many differing working environments. Peter Broad, Consultant Marine Engineer A marine engineer with over 40 years of practical commercial shipping experience, having worked globally at sea, in Ship Repair, in Superintendency, as a Class Surveyor with Lloyd’s Register and DNV, and in Ship Building. |
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John Halcrow
John commenced his seagoing career with Blue Star Line in 1976 attending Aberdeen Technical College and subsequently South Shields Marine and Technical College completing his cadetship in 1980. He served on reefer ships trading principally between Central/South America the US Gulf and Europe before leaving Blue Star and returning to Shetland at a time when major oil industry projects were getting underway. He worked onshore for a period, both self-employed and with plant hire contractors providing services to the major infrastructure projects being constructed at that time, notably the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal and the new Lerwick Power Station. He was soon however back offshore working firstly with Schlumberger Oil Services on the Ninian Central oil platform, and later back at sea with Offshore Marine on their offshore support vessels. John joined Shetland Towage in 1981, serving initially as 2nd and later as Chief Engineer, gaining his Class 1 Motor certificate in 1994. He has served on conventional twin screw, ASD and Voith Schneider tugs ranging in power from 3,000 – 6,600kw and 45 - 90t bollard pull. In 2002 John formed Shetland Maritime Ltd a marine consultancy and survey company based in Shetland which undertakes a range of marine services, particularly for the offshore support industry. Peter Broad
Peter Broad is a qualified Chief Engineer with a UK CoC (Steam & Motor), a Chartered Marine Engineer, Fellow of IMarEST, Fellow of IIMS, a Certified Civil Expert and a Member of the Baltic Expert Witness Association. He has over 40 years of practical commercial shipping experience, having worked globally at sea, in Ship Repair, in Superintendency, as a Class Surveyor with Lloyd’s Register and DNV, and in Ship Building. Peter has specialised in ship newbuilding project management for the past 23 years, especially LNGs, LPGs and Tankers. He has worked in most of the big shipbuilding yards in South Korea, China, Japan and the Philippines. He is appointed as a ‘Surveyor of Ships’ for the Red Ensign Group through the Cayman Islands Register. He is a qualified Internal Auditor for ISM, ISPS & MLC. Peter is an experienced Hull and Machinery Surveyor and has worked on several high-profile contractual disputes and casualty investigations for Marine Insurance and Lawyers as an Independent Consulting Expert, at tribunals and dispute resolution. |
With the formation of Shetland Marineco Ltd in 2013, he has been increasingly involved with the commercial and legislative aspects of shipping and offshore services.
John is a Member of the Baltic Exchange as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (FICS), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) and is an Accredited Mediator having trained with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). John has worked as Chief Engineer, Marine Warranty Surveyor, Client Marine Representative, Arbitrator and Expert Witness and is a member of the Baltic Expert Witness Association (BEWA). He is an International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Accredited Vessel Inspector (AVI), International Safety Management (ISM) Lead Auditor and is the Lead Examiner for the ICS Offshore Support Industry training programme. 
He has extensive experience of Marine Warranty Surveys, for Loadouts and Load-Ins of high value assets for marine and offshore projects, towage and project risk mitigation.
Peter is a trained trainer and author of several technical courses and publications. Peter is the immediate Past-President of the International Institute of Marine Surveying. Peter lives in South Korea and works extensively throughout Asia, as well as in the UK and Europe. |
