What happens after a maritime incident? Masters, crew and management ashore must collect evidence that satisfies the needs of shipowners, ship managers, insurers, flag states, port states and other statutory and regulatory bodies. All these bodies have different requirements and priorities.

Used in conjunction with Guidelines for Collecting Maritime Evidence Volume 2, this book explains all that mariners need to know about fulfilling these evidence requirements while protecting a multitude of interests and without compromising safety and the environment. This series provides Masters, officers and crew the knowledge to collect, secure and preserve evidence, consistent with ISM Code and other regulatory requirements. In this book, a state safety investigator, Master, insurers, surveyor, lawyer and arbitrator each describe evidence collection from their own expert perspective.

The use and challenges of artificial intelligence and electronically obtained evidence are discussed as well as the need to protect evidence from disclosure in case of future dispute or litigation.

Included in this new edition:

• Extensive incident checklists
• The no-blame approach to state safety investigations
• The surveyor’s perspective and the P&I approach
• Evidence for insurance claims

Detailed Overview Vol. 2

Technology and the use of electronic equipment on ships has advanced rapidly over recent years. It has changed the way data and information is presented, stored, recorded and retrieved, during routine operations and following a maritime incident. An essential companion to Guidelines for Collecting Maritime Evidence, Volume 1, this second volume focuses on electronic evidence, an important dimension in the collection and preservation process, that will be of interest to a range of parties, not least the ship’s Master, crew and management ashore. The new edition has been expanded to include updates on subjects such as machinery failure, fire damage and cargo deterioration.

Electronic evidence includes data and information collected from the many systems and equipment onboard ship that log their operation and output.  It also includes photographic, video and audio evidence collected from mobile devices in the digital age.  Accordingly, the threats and opportunities of artificial intelligence and digital reconstruction are examined while the ethics of evidence collection is also addressed. This book will be as relevant to mariners as it will be to ship managers, insurers, average adjusters and legal professionals. 

Topics include:

• How to recover and preserve electronic evidence
• Incident reconstruction using electronic evidence
• Use of electronic evidence by interested parties
• Evidence in the Admiralty and commercial courts

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