Capt
Colin Brown BSc
MSc FNI Master Mariner
| Contact
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Address
:
‘The Moorings’, Forder, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 4QS, UK.
Tel.
/ Fax. : (44) (0)1752 849709 e-mail : CCandCGBrown@aol.com |
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Vocational qualifications |
Master Mariner (Class one) and all relevant qualifications.
(1968) (U.K. Department of Transport)
Lead Assessor, Quality and Maritime Safety Management
Systems, incorporating ISO 9000 and the International Safety
Management Code (ISM) (1996) |
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| Academic qualifications |
B.Sc. (Nautical Studies {Technical}) U.K., C.N.A.A. (1971)
M.Sc. (Shipping and Maritime Operations) U.K., C.N.A.A. (1980) |
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| Society membership |
Fellow of the Nautical Institute
Past Chairman, Hong Kong Branch,NI
Current member SW Branch NI, UK
Member Southwest Company of Mariners |
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| Current work |
| Self-employed
consultant |
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| Seagoing
experience and qualifications |
| 1957
to 1971 |
British
and Commonwealth Shipping Company, Ltd. |
| 1971
to 1989 |
Frequent
seagoing secondments to various merchant
shipping companies, this consisting
of sea-going experience, from Cadet to Master, in various ship
types and trades, to most areas of the world. |
| 1989
to 1994 |
Training
voyages in Solomon Islands Government fleet. |
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| Academic
experience |
| 1971
to 1989 |
Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Marine Studies,
Plymouth Polytechnic, now University of Plymouth, U.K., which
deals with all marine areas including maritime transportation,
hydrographic surveying, fisheries and aquaculture, offshore
exploration and exploitation, meteorology, oceanography and
estuarine studies. |
1989 to
April 1994 |
Islands
College
of Higher Education. (Aid Post funded by the British
Overseas Development Administration [ODA])
Training
of officers & crews for the country's fishing fleet,
police vessels &
inter-island |
| April
1994 to July 1999 |
Associate
Professor, Department of Maritime Studies, The Hong
Kong Polytechnic
University.
Setting
up of new shipping degree programme. |
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| Consultancies |
| (1) |
"An
Evaluation of the Rotaloader Cargo
Loading Device". (For
Macgregor Naval Architects, 1973) |
| (2) |
"The
Desirability of Recruiting Higher Academically Qualified Cadets".
(For
Mobil Shipping, 1975) |
| (3) |
"Model Syllabuses for Bangladesh
National
Maritime
College,
Chittagong", U.N./IMO funded,
1982. |
| (4) |
"The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Foods Versus Stevensons
Trawlers". (Expert witness for Stevensons,
at Bodmin Crown Court, U.K., 1988) |
| (5) |
Refitting
of, and Stability Information Calculated for, M.V. "VITU",
Solomon |
| (6) |
Purchase,
Registration, Fitting out and Crewing of M.V. "ALCOL",
for Allardyce Lumber Company Ltd., Solomon Islands (1992) |
| (7) |
Purchase,
Registration, Fitting out and Crewing of M.V. "ALCOL",
for Allardyce Lumber Company Ltd., Solomon Islands (1992) |
| (8) |
Gazetted
Member,
Solomon Islands
Pilotage Board, (1989-1994) |
| (9) |
Various
Marine Insurance, hull and cargo surveys. |
| (10) |
Crump & Co., Lawyers, Hong Kong - The Loss of M.V. "PEGASUS" (1995) |
| (11) |
T.S.
Tong & Co., Solicitors, High Court Personal Injuries List No. PI60 Hong Kong (1996) |
| (12) |
Marine
Traffic Survey for "MARAD" study, Marine Dept.
Hong Kong Government (1996). |
| (13) |
Member, Hong
Kong Shipowners’
Association, STCW Working Group (1996) |
| (14) |
Delegate, Hong Kong Govt., Marine Dept., IMO
regional seminar on the
implementation of STCW ‘95,
Dalian, China (1996) |
| (15) |
T.S. Tong & Co., Solicitors, High
Court Personal Injuries List No.921,
Hong
Kong (1997) |
| (16) |
“A Systematic and Rational Assessment of
Risk and risk Control Measures in the Pentland
Firth, Arising out of the Use of the Pentland
Firth by Shipping”
Project MSA 10/6 /159, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA),
HM Government.(2000) |
| (17) |
“The Development of Performance Standards and Operational GuidanceforTransponders and Electronic Chart Systems
Suitable for non-seagoing Vessels and Other Small Seagoing
Craft” Project RP 474, Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA), HM Government, with the University of Plymouth (2001) |
| (18) |
“Incheon
International
Airport
Second
Bridge,
Ship Navigation Safety Assessment For AMEC Capital Projects Ltd (2002) |
| (19) |
“Assessment of the Navigational Impact
of Offshore Wind Farms Proposed for U.K.
Sites” Project MSA 10/ 6/ 200, Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) HM Government
(2002)
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| Boards
of Inquiry |
| (1) |
The Loss of The M.V.
"Kirsten M" Chairman, Board of Inquiry
for the Solomon Islands Ministry of Transport, Works and Utilities,
1990. |
| (2) |
Damage
Caused to Vessels in Mbokona
Bay,
Honiara,
on May 8th 1991 Chairman, Board of Inquiry
for the Solomon Islands Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, 1991. |
| (3) |
The Loss of The Purse-Seine
Vessel "Soltai 25" on July 4th 1991 Chairman, Board of Inquiry
for the Solomon Islands Ministry of Transport Works and Utilities,
1991. |
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| Conferences
organised |
| (1) |
"The
Recreational Use of Harbours, Estuaries
and Coastal Waters", (1982) |
| (2) |
"The South West Fishing Industry",
(1984) |
| (3) |
"Pilotage in
The South West", (1986)
( The above were jointly sponsored by the Nautical
Institute and the Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth). |
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| Conferences
papers delivered |
| (1) |
“Information
Processing in Navigation Decision Making” Conference
on "Human Factors in Navigation".
Vereeniging Van Cornelius Dowes,
Amsterdam, Holland, 1983. |
| (2) |
“Developments
in Short-sea Navigation Systems” "Short-Sea
Europe", Conference, European
Motorship Owners Association, London, U.K. 1989. |
| (3) |
“Some Problems of Accident Investigation in a Developing Country” "International
Workshop on Maritime Accident Investigation", (IMLA)/Department
of Maritime Technology and Transportation.
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, 1991. |
| (4) |
"Lessons from MARS (Marine Accident Reporting Scheme)"
6th International Ship
Management Conference, Hong Kong, 1995. |
| (5) |
"The Implications of Changes in the STCW (1978) Convention for Maritime
Education & Training in Hong Kong. 5th
Forum for Maritime Education & Training Institutions in
Asia Pacific,
Auckland, New
Zealand, 1995. |
| (6) |
"The Nautical Institute's Confidential Reporting Scheme (MARS) for
Accident and Loss Prevention". International
Conference on Preventing Collision at Sea, Dalian Maritime
University, China, 1996. |
| (7) |
“Education for Maritime
Transport Management”, PACON 97, Regional symposium on Resource Development. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, China, 1997. |
| (8) |
"Educating Ship
Managers" Conference
"Safer Ships & Cleaner Oceans", the Association
of Maritime Education & Training Institutions in Asia Pacific. Shanghai Maritime University, China, 1998. |
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| Publications |
| (1) |
"Routeing Schemes and Traffic Regulation"
(Book) Liverpool Polytechnic Press, Liverpool, 1980. |
| (2) |
"Marine
Radar" (Chapter in book) "The Marine Technology
Reference Book", Butterworth Scientific Press, London, 1990. |
| (3) |
Regular writer of accident & casualty reports for H.K.
Branch of The Nautical Institute, Published in H.K.N.I. "Newsletter". |
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| Research
areas |
| (1) |
The
development of University of Plymouth’s Ship and Hydrographic
Survey Simulator based on the Racal 9000 Simulator and the 950
Survey Computer, in conjunction with Racal Marine Systems Ltd.,
U.K. |
| (2) |
Human
Information Processing in Critical Situations, particularly
navigational decision making, research with the Department of
Applied Psychology, Aston University, U.K. |
| (3) |
The
implementation of computer-based assessment to teaching practice
in the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1996). |
June 8, 2002
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