Chief Engineer Unlimited STCW III/2 (Motor)
Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
Diploma in Ships Superintendency with Accreditation Marine Engineering, Lloyd’s Maritime Academy
National Diploma in Marine Engineering
Gary is based in London and leads Solis Marine's expert marine engineering services worldwide. He acts on behalf of P&I and H&M insurers, shipowners, managers, charterers and law firms, investigating machinery damage and casualties and preparing expert evidence for court and arbitration proceedings.
He joins Solis Marine after 12 years as a consultant marine engineer with a leading London marine consultancy, where he carried out numerous casualty, incident and dispute investigations. He has appeared as an expert witness in the High Court, the Coroner’s Court, the Shanghai Maritime Court, in arbitration and mediation, and has given deposition evidence in American court proceedings.
His casualty investigation experience covers main engine damage (including catalytic fines, fuel pump, bearing and camshaft failures), turbocharger explosions and engine room fires, blackouts, flooding, and stern tube, steering gear and generator failures. His dispute work includes redelivery and repair cost disputes, hull fouling and engine performance disputes, bunker quality and quantity disputes, newbuilding disputes and ship management disputes, alongside condition surveys, pre-purchase inspections and damage repair supervision.
Gary spent 20 years at sea with Safmarine/Maersk, nine of them as Chief Engineer on container ships, bulk carriers, geared general cargo ships, paper product carriers and refrigerated cargo ships, gaining experience of marine diesel engines of up to 93,000 bhp and complex waste heat recovery systems.
Ashore, he supervised newbuildings at Samsung Heavy Industries as a technical superintendent and managed the technical operation of container fleets. He then took responsibility for a mixed fleet, with a combined budget exceeding USD 12 million, as a fleet technical superintendent, arranging dry dockings, surveys and internal ISM and ISPS audits. He subsequently spent two years in risk management as an Associate Director of a leading P&I Club, conducting condition survey programmes, management reviews and root cause analysis of Members' claims.