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Maritime Alliance Group

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Surveying Services


Maritime Alliance Group, Inc.
provides the maritime and insurance industries with quality service and experienced surveyors, when and where they are needed. Located in Baltimore, Maryland and Staten Island, New York, we routinely cover assignments throughout the U.S. East Coast, and can accept assignments virtually anywhere in the world due to our extensive network of marine surveyors. The National Association of Marine Surveyors certifies half of our staff. Maritime Alliance Group is committed to providing efficient, effective and professional surveying services. We pride ourselves on being highly pro-active, flexible and honest in responding to our clients' individual needs.

Maritime Alliance Group is a leading provider of marine and cargo surveying services, with particular strength in cargo damage claims, steel and reefer cargoes, and vessel casualty investigations. We also provide maritime technical consulting services with particular emphasis in the fields of oil spill and vessel casualty response management, environmental regulatory compliance, salvage, marine engineering, and naval architecture. Our clients include cargo underwriters, P & I Clubs, admiralty attorneys, and major steamship lines. Our success depends on quality service, and your confidence is gained one survey at a time.

We are proud to offer a full range of surveying and maritime technical services including the following:


Maritime Alliance Group presents to each client the experience, skills and commitment of a staff of results-oriented specialists with strong backgrounds in the maritime industry. We are proud of our reputation for integrity and responsiveness, and we remain committed to the highest standards of discretion and professionalism. Our strength is our surveyors; each one selected for their experience, reliability and integrity.

MARINE AND CARGO SURVEYS ^ Back to Menu


Maritime Alliance Group has considerable experience in the performance of a wide variety of assignments covering the full spectrum of ships, aircraft and land vehicles, and the cargo they carry. We provide our clients with accurate, comprehensive, and well-written reports, delivered in a timely manner, at reasonable prices. Each loss is investigated thoroughly, with attention to every detail so as to protect our client's right to recovery.

Maritime Alliance Group endeavors to mitigate every loss as if it were our own. All assignments are undertaken and carried out with the utmost professionalism and integrity. We will not accept any assignment unless we can guarantee that the job will be handled with strict adherence to your requirements, and our own exacting guidelines.

SURVEY QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. has designed and implemented the Survey Quality Assurance Program to provide insurance companies with quality, "touch of the button" service and experienced, qualified surveyors when and where they are needed. We currently provide "gatekeeper" services to a number of major insurance companies, delivering an unparalleled level of service and quality, while at the same time removing the costs and burdens of multiple vendors, lack of continuity in reporting and "catch as catch can" selection of surveyors for particular losses.

The Survey Quality Assurance Program represents a partnering between the client's Claims Department and Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. for the rapid, efficient and cost effective handling of claims. All aspects of the program share a common and very important thread: they save money. Cost savings are obtained through the drastic reduction in the number of vendors realized through the program. The convenience of calling a single number for all survey assignments provides cost savings, both in real dollar savings, and perhaps more importantly, in the time your claims department would spend finding and supervising the work of individual surveyors throughout the world. Money is saved by the utilization of the considerable experience of the MAGI staff and correspondent surveyors, going the extra yard to minimize the loss to the greatest extent possible.

Most importantly, insurance companies rely on the premium dollars of their clients to generate profits. The claims department is in reality the service department of an insurance company, often the only visible facet of the company directly available to the assured. Therefore, maintaining a consistently high level of superior service in the handling of claims is critical in today's competitive marketplace. We believe the Survey Quality Assurance Program is a vital tool to assist insurance companies in attracting new clients, and maintaining existing clients and the Brokers that place their business.

BULK LIQUID MEASUREMENT SURVEYS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have over 50 years of experience in performing bulk liquid measurement surveys for a variety of clients. We have performed over 1000 surveys on oil, chemical and food grade tankers, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean Basin. Our services include full outturn surveys, ROB surveys, cargo contamination investigations, etc.

DRAFT SURVEYS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have performed several hundred draft surveys, and have been appointed as consultants for Deadweight disputes. We also have on staff, qualified expert witnesses in regard to deadweight calculations.

HULL & MACHINERY SURVEYS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group's principal hull surveyor has experience in the design and construction of a variety of commercial and naval vessels. Particular experience in welding technology and pumping system design has led to a capability of offering clients a wide range of expert engineering and consultation services. We provide clients with investigations of hull and machinery claims, vessel condition examinations, and consultation services regarding U.S. Coast Guard regulations.

MARINE FACILITY EXAMINATIONS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have performed many marine facility safety audits and damage investigations, including dock damage and manifold damage investigations. Our successful investigations have allowed clients to minimize any loss to the maximum extent practicable.

MARIITIME CASUALTY INVESTIGATIONS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have investigated many maritime casualties including but not limited to the following:


  • Allisions;
  • Cargo Contamination
  • Collisions;
  • Groundings, and
  • Heavy Weather Damage.

OUTTURN SURVEYS ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have performed several thousand surveys of containerized and break bulk commodities on behalf of a variety of clients. We specialize in steel and paper outturn surveys, and have qualified as expert witnesses in regard to the bracing and securing of cargo within containers.

PERSONAL INJURY ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group personnel have performed many personal injury investigations, determining the cause and providing valuable information in bringing a claim to a successful conclusion.

RECOVERY SERVICES ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group has a wide range of clients that require our services from survey through to recovery. We have an experienced staff which has handled recovery claims ranging from $500.00 to $3,000,000.00. All recoveries are handled on a no cure/no fee basis. Our fees are based on a sliding scale and are extremely reasonable according to industry standards.

OTHER SERVICES ^ Back to Menu

In addition to the above, Maritime Alliance Group performs a full range of surveys including pre-load and stowage surveys, tanker and barge vetting, and vessel condition surveys. Maritime Alliance Group personnel have also performed countless number of individually tailored surveys. Our clients can rest assured that Maritime Alliance Group will not accept an assignment that is outside our realm of expertise.

Environmental Services


Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. provides unparalleled expertise to the maritime and insurance industries in the areas of spill and crisis response management, prevention and regulatory compliance. Utilizing a wealth of in-house expertise and a nationwide network of seasoned, experienced spill managers, our clients include P & I Clubs, oil companies, insurance companies, barge and vessel owners/operators, and other full service OPA '90 providers.

Our greatest strength is our experience - the kind of experience that can only be gained by hands-on involvement in hundreds of oil or chemical spills and incidents. Maritime Alliance Group has more practical "hands-on" experience than any other service provider. The principals have responded to hundreds of incidents utilizing a combined 60 years of experience, and our staff responds to over 80 spills a year. Included in our listing of valued clients are several full service OPA '90 providers who utilize our staff to form the nucleus of their spill management teams. As such, we are rapidly becoming known as the spill manager's Spill Management Team! In addition, MAGI is proud to be a member of the Marine Pollution Response Group, as the East Coast representatives of the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, the largest insurer of marine pollution liability in the United States.

Services offered by Maritime Alliance Group include:
SPILL MANAGEMENT TEAM SERVICES ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. personnel have provided Spill Management Team (SMT) type services prior to and since the inception of OPA '90. In-house, Maritime Alliance Group has more practical "hands-on" experience than any other service provider. The Maritime Alliance Group SMT includes a nationwide network of seasoned spill response professionals strategically located in all COTP zones for rapid response and mobilization in the event of any type or size incident.

Maritime Alliance Group's eight (8) full-time staff members, supported by additional administrative personnel, and network field responders, currently provide casualty response planning, training and incident response to the owners and insurers of approximately 45,000 vessels. A nationwide network of over 40 response professionals to serve on our team and act as nationwide correspondents supports our staff. We can place a Marine Spill Manager on-site within 2 hours of incident notification, anywhere within the United States or Canada. The maintained network personnel are all actively engaged on a full-time basis responding to casualties in the commercial maritime industry.

The principals of MAGI alone have over 60 years of combined experience in casualty response management. Our "in-house" experience exceeds, by far, any other Spill Management service provider in the United States. Responding on scene to over 600 incidents, we lead the industry in actual field responses. MAGI personnel respond to approximately 80 incidents per year, maintaining strong working relationships with Federal and State responders.

The Maritime Alliance Group SMT provides:

  • Over 60 years of actual in-house experience responding to the cleanup of over 600 various sized oil and chemical spills.
  • A twenty-four hour, 365-day availability with a state-of-the-art communications network ready to receive emergency calls and to respond to any type and size of incident.
  • A nationwide network of respected and seasoned spill response professionals, thoroughly well versed in all aspects of Qualified Individual requirements and Spill Management techniques to rapidly respond to real or potential incidents in all Captain-of the-Port zones.
  • "Touch of the Button" mobilization of all necessary personnel and resources to provide a fully staffed Incident Command System organization (ICS) capable of expanding or contracting as the situation warrants, to manage and direct any size spill response. This organization includes, but is not limited to the following:

    • Incident Commander;
    • Operations Section Chief;
    • Logistics Section Chief;
    • Planning Section Chief; and
    • Finance Section Chief.
  • Access to additional experts who can be assimilated into the ICS structure to provide needed support in the following fields:

    • Environmental Specialists;
    • Natural Resource Damage Assessment;
    • Health and Safety Specialists;
    • Public Relations;
    • Media Consultants;
    • Fire and Explosion;
    • Salvage;
    • Oil Spill Modeling and Trajectory.
  • SMT and support personnel to conduct all sizes and types of OPA '90 required exercises.
  • Proprietary, discounted rate agreements with major United States cleanup contractors.
All SMT personnel are certified for the requisite Health & Safety for Hazardous Material (HAZWOPER) training, maintained by annual refresher courses.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPILL MANAGEMENT TEAM SERVICES ^ Back to Menu
Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. provides supplemental Spill management Team Services to a wide array of clients. Many companies, such as American flag tanker owner's, tug and barge companies, facilities, and full service OPA '90 providers, field their own spill management teams. However, many realize they have limited actual spill response experience and utilize our seasoned professionals to supplement their teams. Others utilize our services for larger spills to supplement their existing personnel. Whether you require a single spill manager or multiple responders, Maritime Alliance Group can provide assistance for all your spill response management needs.

Our services include:

  • Provide one or more qualified personnel to fill any Incident Command position
  • Seamless integration of personnel into existing Spill Management Team
  • Provide decision making assistance to your Qualified Individual/Incident Commander
  • Incident monitoring and cost control services for P & I Clubs and third parties.
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING COURSES AND EXERCISES ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. offers customized OPA '90 training programs for Qualified Individuals, and shipboard and shore-side personnel. Our staff, uniquely qualified through its extensive "hands-on" and practical experience in responding to hundreds of oil spills and marine casualties, have developed wide ranging, realistic and challenging training programs and exercises. Our training programs are customized to meet clients' specific needs, and can be conducted anywhere in the world for our clients' convenience. All training and exercises conducted by Maritime Alliance Group are tailored to meet U.S. Coast Guard PREP guidelines, where applicable.

Maritime Alliance Group's training and exercise services include:

  • Assessment of existing training programs and exercises in accordance with all U.S. Coast Guard requirements;
  • Vessel Crew and Senior Officer Training Courses;
  • Owner/Operator Office Personnel and Senior Management Training Courses;
  • Individual Ship visits to familiarize Master & crew with OPA `90 Vessel Response Plans;
  • Spill Management Team Table Top Exercises to meet PREP guidelines;
  • 40 hour, 24 hour, and 8 hour refresher OSHA Certification Courses; and
  • Training and exercise support for industry and governmental led area exercises and unannounced federal and state initiated exercises.

GENERAL CONSULTING SERVICES ^ Back to Menu

Maritime Alliance Group, Inc. offers a complete range of consulting services to assist vessel owners and operators in meeting federal, U.S. state and international regulations. Maritime Alliance Group consulting services include but are not limited to the following:
  • Third party invoice review and negotiation;
  • Arranging and securing the best rates for Average Most Probable Discharge (AMPD) spill response coverage services;
  • Expert assistance in OSRO selection such as NRC, West Coast Co-ops, MSRC, local contractors, etc.;
  • Expert assistance in salvage, fire-fighting and emergency lightering contractor selection;
  • Assisting in scheduling and attending Tank Vessel Exams & Letter of Compliance exams;
  • Providing current information on new and proposed federal and state regulations, and how they will effect the ship owner;
  • Assisting in USCG COFR application process;
  • Providing port entry assistance at federal and state levels, including rapid reaction for vessels entering on short notice;
  • Advising clients on OPA `90 and state issues for charter parties;

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