Our work includes:
Working as Special Advisor to Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group on shipping and regulatory implementation
Working as a Consultant to the International Maritime Organization on Polar Issues, and Fishing Vessel Safety
Representing Insurance Industry at United Nation’s International Maritime Organisation on Finalisation of the Polar Code for Shipping
Working with European Commission on Maritime Spatial Strategies
Advising Individual Governments on implementation of International Regulation and adoption of Best Practice Standards
Advising Industry on Government and International Regulatory approach to implementation of International Regulation and Best Practice Standards.
Advising the Bonn Agreement Secretariat on constitutional issues surrounding the accession of States to the Agreement
For further reading on this topic and our work please see the following:
February 2021 Advising Bonn Agreement Secretariat
January 2021 Representing Arctic Council in Presentation to American Meteorological Society in conjunction with NASA
January 2021 Appearing before Irish Parliament regarding proposed legislation governing Ireland’s Marine Casualty Investigation Board.
December 2020 Ocean Focus – Ireland and the Arctic Council.
Winter 2020 Inshore Ireland, Pressure builds on Ireland to ratifyinternational fishing vessel safety
agreement
October 2019 Working as IMO Consultant at biggest Fishing Vessel Safety Conference in IMO History in Torremolinos Spain moderating the following panels:
October 2019 Participating in 8th Symposium of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic, Wilson Centre, Washington D.C, United States
Arctic Council’s Website ‘Arctic Shipping Best Practices Information Forum‘
January 2019 Keynote talk The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London on the Occasion of the Arctic Encounter London Gala Dinner at the invitation of the United States and United Kingdom
October 2018 Presentation, Vladivostok, Russia, as Special Advisor to Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group at Meeting of Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group at the Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, 01-04 October 2018
September 2018 Organising Maine Trade Delegation to Ireland to sign Economic Partnership Agreement with Cork County Council– Inshore Ireland ‘Ireland’s Arctic momentum gathers pace’
July 2018 Participating in 8th Symposium of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic, Wilson Centre, Washington D.C, United States
Panel video ‘Infrastructure and Investment – Can the United States Facilitate an International Arctic Seaway?’
Tanker Shipping and Trade December 2017 ‘Rules are one thing: implementation another‘
November 2017 Talk Lloyd’s Agency
Lloyd’s of London 03 January 2017 ‘Polar Code sets new industry standards‘
Power and Energy Solutions 15 June 2015 ‘It’s Time to Target Sustainable Growth’
Insurance Day 09.12.2014. ‘Ice regime for Arctic Shipping Risks Welcomed’
Insurance Day 19 November 2014 ‘Optimism as new voyage limitation guidance tabled as polar code reaches final stages’
15 March 2014 Lloyd’s of London Press Release (repeated in several papers worldwide) following Arctic Ice Conference on 12th March
11th March 2014 & 12th March 2014 ‘Sustainable Shipping Conference Report‘ on Swedish Polar Research Secretariat website and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website