Adrian Scales

Director of Europe, Master Mariner at Brookes Bell

Speaker

Adrian Scales is a Chartered Master Mariner (CMMar), a member of the Lloyd’s SCR Panel and Director of Europe at Brookes Bell.

He has considerable ship handling experience on various vessel types and gained pilotage exemption certificates for ports visited during employment with P&O. During his 18 years at sea, he served on various ship types including reefer/container, general cargo, freight ferries, Ro-Pax ferries and High-Speed Passenger Craft (HSC).

Adrian has carried out a variety of surveys and opinion-based work since joining Brookes Bell. His specialisations include salvage and wreck removal; ship handling; ro-ro vessels and cargoes; high-speed craft; refrigerated vessels and cargoes; stowage and securing. He also specialises in the assessment of crew actions following emergency incidents, especially fire, with respect to compliance with training and familiarisation on board Ro-Ro and general cargo vessels.

He has also been extensively involved in the investigation, assessment and overseeing of several recent salvage incidents and wreck removals, including:

GOODFAITH (2015), SITEAM ANJA (SCR - 2016), NANCY GLEN (2018), PRISCILLA (2018), NEARCHOS (SCR - 2018), YANTIAN EXPRESS (2019), HABIB EXPRESS (SCR - 2019), ZELEK STAR (SCR – 2020), STELLAR BANNER (SCR - 2020), KAAMI (2020), ZEBU (2021), NAZMIYE ANA (2021), RIVER THAMES (2021), EUROFERRY OLYMPIA (SCR - 2022), FREMANTLE HIGHWAY (SCR – 2023), NORTHERN JUVENILE (2024) and MAERSK FRANKFURT (2024).