Incident Monitoring and Oversight Services

 

GMS provides vessel and cargo owners and P & I Clubs with incident monitoring services. GMS personnel and associates have managed or monitored hundreds of marine oil spills throughout the United States and abroad on behalf of cargo owners, P & I Clubs and other industry organizations.

GMS' U.S. nationwide network of respected spill and casualty professionals can provide an interested or Responsible Party with an on-scene monitoring operation that will observe the response of the Responsible Party. Areas to be monitored may include:

• Costs (contractor invoice review)
• Environmental impacts and mitigation methods (Natural Resource Damage Assessments)
• Cleanup operations (effectiveness and efficiency)
• Potential legal concerns (liability issues)
• P & I Club activities and/or attitudes
• On-scene Federal and State activities
• Media coverage

For more than 20 years, GMS personnel have provided this service to P & I Clubs, attorneys, and oil companies. Incidents in recent years include M/V NEW CARISSA (Coos Bay, Oregon), M/T BOW MARINER (off Virginia coast), M/V STELLAMARE (Albany, New York), T/B OCEAN (Tampa Bay, Florida), S/T EASTERN LION (Valdez, Alaska), M/T WORLD PRODIGY (Newport, Rhode Island) and M/T EXXON VALDEZ. Following is some of the relevant GMS experience:

• Oil and hazardous material spill response management
• Environmental consulting
• P & I Club representation
• Claims adjusting 
• Diving, salvage & ship casualty coordination
• USCG search and rescue and regulatory review

In addition to the Spill Management Teams provided for our client-vessels, GMS can field an Incident Monitoring Team (IMT) to attend incidents on behalf of underwrites/owners/operators or charterers.