Our Services

Marex risk consultants can work with stakeholders to gather the necessary information to describe their safety and environmental management system, facility equipment, and emergency response arrangements which, combined with a robust risk management process, will provide the necessary demonstrations that major accident hazards are managed effectively.

Marex can support clients in the ongoing management and maintenance of safety cases, whereby safety cases are maintained up-to-date to accurately reflect changes as they occur at the facility. This support includes, where applicable, submissions made to the relevant regulatory body for acceptance.

The purpose of a thorough review is to confirm that the safety case, with any necessary updates, continues to be fundamentally sound, and is likely to remain so until the next thorough review. The level of support which Marex can provide clients extends from the development of the thorough review procedure or the undertaking of specific review activities through to the management of the whole thorough review process.

A HAZID study is carried out to ensure that all reasonably foreseeable and significant hazards that may affect or arise from operations are systematically identified. Several HAZID techniques may be used dependent upon the project scope.

A BowTie analysis effectively communicates complex risk scenarios in a graphical format that shows the relationships between the causes of unwanted events and their potential escalation to losses and damage. BowTie models show the controls which prevent the top event from occurring in the first place specific to each cause and those recovery controls which are in place to limit the potential outcomes. The BowTie analysis provides a means to involve the workforce directly in the risk analysis and therefore enables an operationally relevant assessment of the hazards, risks and the true state of the relate controls.

The fire and explosion analysis (FEA) examines the consequences of fire and explosion events on personnel and equipment using quantitative and qualitative techniques and determines the potential for fire and explosion event escalation to other hazardous consequences. The method identifies and assesses the control measures required to manage the fire and explosion related risks. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The escape, evacuation and rescue analysis (EERA) provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the escape, evacuation and rescue systems and equipment at a facility that ensure personnel can escape from their work area to a place of safe muster, to evacuate and ultimately be rescued. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The emergency systems survivability analysis (ESSA) is a detailed examination of the systems which are critical to the health and safety of personnel during emergency situations to ensure that risks to personnel have been reduced to a level that is ALARP. It examines the ability of the systems to survive emergency situations for sufficient time to complete their designated function, through redundancy or fail-safe functions.

The objective of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to quantify the cumulative risk to personnel from the major accident hazards identified through the other FSA, in particular, the HAZID study and the BowTie analysis. The results can then be reviewed against the client’s tolerability criteria. The process will identify what drives the risk so that hazards can be effectively managed.

At the conclusion of any formal safety assessment process, an ALARP study workshop should be conducted in order to formally review the findings and conclusions arising from the risk analyses. This study provides the mechanism to review and make final decisions on recommendations made for further risk reduction and the acceptability of the identified risks.

Marex risk consultants can prepare and facilitate a range of process hazard analyses, including preliminary hazard analysis, what-if checklist study, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Each provides a structured technique for the identification of hazards and consideration of the safeguards in place, appropriate for the level of risk.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Safety critical task analysis (SCTA) can provide a demonstration that the major hazard analysis for a facility has considered people as both a key element in safe operation and as a potential cause of major accidents and their escalation. Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is used for systematically documenting tasks to provide a basis for risk assessment. Subsequently, human reliability analysis (HRA) is used to analyse the steps in the task developed using HTA to identify possible human failure modes. The consequences of these errors are then explored, and if these are severe, appropriate error prevention strategies should be developed.

Control room analyses are performed to assess the ergonomics of key control stations, incorporating human machine interface (HMI) assessments and alarm optimisation assessments. These assessments are conducted against industry standards, guidance and good practice.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

Marex now offers the development of interactive virtual tours of client facilities, created using high resolution 360° digital photographs and powerful virtual tour software. Virtual tours created using panoramic views of the facility, combined with general arrangement drawings enable personnel who may be unfamiliar with a facility to conduct a ‘walk-through’ and to gain an understanding of its layout and key locations (e.g. escape routes, muster points).

Marex can provide assistance with the development and implementation of health, safety and environmental (HSE) legal register that, being more than simply a list of legislative documents, describe the main actions required for compliance, are mapped to the Client’s SEMS and incorporate a checklist that provides a means of compliance verification. This provides a greater understanding of the activities that need to be conducted and the processes that need to be followed to ensure compliance.

The aim of a regulatory compliance gap analysis will be to identify the areas where additional measures may be necessary to make operations compliant with applicable legislative requirements.

The objective of the provision and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER) assessment is to assess the compatibility of human mechanical interface at places of work. An examination of the physical condition of the work equipment is carried out to assess whether it is safe for use by the operator and that operational procedures of the work equipment are being conducted safely.

An energy management system enables an organisation to set and achieve objectives and energy targets, to take actions as needed to improve its energy performance. Marex consultants can work with clients to develop an energy management system aligned with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems, which helps organisations to use energy more efficiently and integrate better energy management into business strategy.

As part of a wider energy management system or otherwise, Marex consultants can work with customers to develop facility energy efficiency management plans (EEMPs). EEMPs should look to address the identification and evaluation of legal and other requirements, energy review, determination of performance indicators, establishment of energy baseline, establishment of objectives and targets, selection of improvement opportunities, preparation of action plans, performance evaluation and improvement.

The objective of the energy review, which feeds into the overarching energy efficiency management plan (EEMP), is to profile a facility’s energy situation and serve as a guide for the collection and analysis of the data needed to determine energy performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Marex has extensive experience in the provision of marine warranty service over a wide variety of projects, including but not limited to load outs, sail always, heavy lifts, cable laying, piling and jacket installation.

Marex uses a risk-based approach where the inspection is closely linked to the risks identified for the vessel type and its operations.

We have and are conducting extensive Bowtie assessments for many types of vessel and marine operations as a basis for marine inspection in addition to more usual marine inspection templates.

Marex has a number of AVI surveyors and we provide a finding tracking service to ensure that findings from the eCMIDs or MISW inspections undertaken are closed out in a timely and effective manner.

Marex has a proven track record in the provision of general marine consultancy services to the energy industries and has a very broad and in-depth level of expertise in the provision of risk based marine services.

These services include vessel assurance, marine warranty (cable repair and laying, heavy lift, load out, sea fastenings, PLGR ext.) marine operation planning and execution, ISM, ISPS MLC audits, accident and incident investigation, Dynamic Positioning Annual proving trials and FMEA’s, risk assessment services, expert witness and technical authorship.

Marex is experienced and practiced in the selection of vessels utilising all available information about the vessels intended scope of work, environmental operating conditions and required capacities to identify suitable vessels and then carry out suitability surveys to establish the selected vessels capabilities specifically for the scope of work being considered.

Marex conducts basic logistical studies, assessing port options, distances and seasonal environmental conditions and vessel capacities to optimise marine logistical arrangements.

Marex can support all marine services and has a proven marine management capability covering a wide range of activities including contract management, downtime review and contractor claim support.

Tendering activities including setting technical requirements, appraisal of tender replies and supplier selection from a marine technical and logistic perspective.

Marex Marine team is well versed in the creation of fully risk assessed procedures and processes, delivering pragmatic, clear, value adding RAMS and SOPs based on industry best practice and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and rules.

Marex risk team has created an in-depth Bow Tie analysis of Jack Up Vessel operations purely for the purposes of risk mitigation and management.

Marex can support all aspects of Jack Up Vessel operations including Mobilisation, Spud cans, operational restrictions and RAMS.

Marex is a specialist risk management company and risk management is a core part of our business as such we are well placed to review, verify and generally support RAMS for offshore marine operations.

Marex personnel are experienced in lifting operations are highly experienced in the risk assessment planning and execution of major lifting operations.

Many of Marex’s team are experienced marine warranty surveyors as such we are familiar with many of the rules that govern marine warranty operations such as the DNV’s standards and the JRC expectations.

Marex has several tools such as CAST derived from the STAMP methodology at our disposal to look at the root causes of equipment failures with our risk department. We can provide qualified Marine engineers and electricals to conduct root cause analysis of equipment failures and create clear, justified failure reports.

Marex has a well-defined history of conducting accident investigations following marine incidents and providing damage reports to the parties involved as appropriate.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Marex can provide assistance with the development and implementation of health, safety and environmental (HSE) legal register that, being more than simply a list of legislative documents, describe the main actions required for compliance, are mapped to the Client’s SEMS and incorporate a checklist that provides a means of compliance verification. This provides a greater understanding of the activities that need to be conducted and the processes that need to be followed to ensure compliance.

The aim of a regulatory compliance gap analysis will be to identify the areas where additional measures may be necessary to make operations compliant with applicable legislative requirements.

A BowTie analysis effectively communicates complex risk scenarios in a graphical format that shows the relationships between the causes of unwanted events and their potential escalation to losses and damage. BowTie models show the controls which prevent the top event from occurring in the first place specific to each cause and those recovery controls which are in place to limit the potential outcomes. The BowTie analysis provides a means to involve the workforce directly in the risk analysis and therefore enables an operationally relevant assessment of the hazards, risks and the true state of the relate controls.

A HAZID study is carried out to ensure that all reasonably foreseeable and significant hazards that may affect or arise from operations are systematically identified. Several HAZID techniques may be used dependent upon the project scope.

The objective of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to quantify the cumulative risk to personnel from the major accident hazards identified through the other FSA, in particular, the HAZID study and the BowTie analysis. The results can then be reviewed against the client’s tolerability criteria. The process will identify what drives the risk so that hazards can be effectively managed.

At the conclusion of any formal safety assessment process, an ALARP study workshop should be conducted in order to formally review the findings and conclusions arising from the risk analyses. This study provides the mechanism to review and make final decisions on recommendations made for further risk reduction and the acceptability of the identified risks.

Safety critical task analysis (SCTA) can provide a demonstration that the major hazard analysis for a facility has considered people as both a key element in safe operation and as a potential cause of major accidents and their escalation. Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is used for systematically documenting tasks to provide a basis for risk assessment. Subsequently, human reliability analysis (HRA) is used to analyse the steps in the task developed using HTA to identify possible human failure modes. The consequences of these errors are then explored, and if these are severe, appropriate error prevention strategies should be developed.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

The fire and explosion analysis (FEA) examines the consequences of fire and explosion events on personnel and equipment using quantitative and qualitative techniques and determines the potential for fire and explosion event escalation to other hazardous consequences. The method identifies and assesses the control measures required to manage the fire and explosion related risks. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The escape, evacuation and rescue analysis (EERA) provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the escape, evacuation and rescue systems and equipment at a facility that ensure personnel can escape from their work area to a place of safe muster, to evacuate and ultimately be rescued. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

A HAZID study is carried out to ensure that all reasonably foreseeable and significant hazards that may affect or arise from operations are systematically identified. Several HAZID techniques may be used dependent upon the project scope.

A BowTie analysis effectively communicates complex risk scenarios in a graphical format that shows the relationships between the causes of unwanted events and their potential escalation to losses and damage. BowTie models show the controls which prevent the top event from occurring in the first place specific to each cause and those recovery controls which are in place to limit the potential outcomes. The BowTie analysis provides a means to involve the workforce directly in the risk analysis and therefore enables an operationally relevant assessment of the hazards, risks and the true state of the relate controls.

The fire and explosion analysis (FEA) examines the consequences of fire and explosion events on personnel and equipment using quantitative and qualitative techniques and determines the potential for fire and explosion event escalation to other hazardous consequences. The method identifies and assesses the control measures required to manage the fire and explosion related risks. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The escape, evacuation and rescue analysis (EERA) provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the escape, evacuation and rescue systems and equipment at a facility that ensure personnel can escape from their work area to a place of safe muster, to evacuate and ultimately be rescued. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The emergency systems survivability analysis (ESSA) is a detailed examination of the systems which are critical to the health and safety of personnel during emergency situations to ensure that risks to personnel have been reduced to a level that is ALARP. It examines the ability of the systems to survive emergency situations for sufficient time to complete their designated function, through redundancy or fail-safe functions.

The objective of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to quantify the cumulative risk to personnel from the major accident hazards identified through the other FSA, in particular, the HAZID study and the BowTie analysis. The results can then be reviewed against the client’s tolerability criteria. The process will identify what drives the risk so that hazards can be effectively managed.

At the conclusion of any formal safety assessment process, an ALARP study workshop should be conducted in order to formally review the findings and conclusions arising from the risk analyses. This study provides the mechanism to review and make final decisions on recommendations made for further risk reduction and the acceptability of the identified risks.

Marex risk consultants can prepare and facilitate a range of process hazard analyses, including preliminary hazard analysis, what-if checklist study, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Each provides a structured technique for the identification of hazards and consideration of the safeguards in place, appropriate for the level of risk.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Safety critical task analysis (SCTA) can provide a demonstration that the major hazard analysis for a facility has considered people as both a key element in safe operation and as a potential cause of major accidents and their escalation. Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is used for systematically documenting tasks to provide a basis for risk assessment. Subsequently, human reliability analysis (HRA) is used to analyse the steps in the task developed using HTA to identify possible human failure modes. The consequences of these errors are then explored, and if these are severe, appropriate error prevention strategies should be developed.

Control room analyses are performed to assess the ergonomics of key control stations, incorporating human machine interface (HMI) assessments and alarm optimisation assessments. These assessments are conducted against industry standards, guidance and good practice.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

Marex now offers the development of interactive virtual tours of client facilities, created using high resolution 360° digital photographs and powerful virtual tour software. Virtual tours created using panoramic views of the facility, combined with general arrangement drawings enable personnel who may be unfamiliar with a facility to conduct a ‘walk-through’ and to gain an understanding of its layout and key locations (e.g. escape routes, muster points).

The Port Marine Safety Code sets out a national standard for every aspect of port marine safety. Its aim is to enhance safety for everyone who uses or works in the UK port marine environment.  Marex provide support as the ‘designated person’.  A designated person must be appointed to provide independent assurance about the operation of the marine safety management system.

The aim of a regulatory compliance gap analysis will be to identify the areas where additional measures may be necessary to make operations compliant with applicable legislative requirements.

The objective of the provision and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER) assessment is to assess the compatibility of human mechanical interface at places of work. An examination of the physical condition of the work equipment is carried out to assess whether it is safe for use by the operator and that operational procedures of the work equipment are being conducted safely.

An energy management system enables an organisation to set and achieve objectives and energy targets, to take actions as needed to improve its energy performance. Marex consultants can work with clients to develop an energy management system aligned with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems, which helps organisations to use energy more efficiently and integrate better energy management into business strategy.

As part of a wider energy management system or otherwise, Marex consultants can work with customers to develop facility energy efficiency management plans (EEMPs). EEMPs should look to address the identification and evaluation of legal and other requirements, energy review, determination of performance indicators, establishment of energy baseline, establishment of objectives and targets, selection of improvement opportunities, preparation of action plans, performance evaluation and improvement.

The objective of the energy review, which feeds into the overarching energy efficiency management plan (EEMP), is to profile a facility’s energy situation and serve as a guide for the collection and analysis of the data needed to determine energy performance and identify improvement opportunities.

A HAZID study is carried out to ensure that all reasonably foreseeable and significant hazards that may affect or arise from operations are systematically identified. Several HAZID techniques may be used dependent upon the project scope.

A BowTie analysis effectively communicates complex risk scenarios in a graphical format that shows the relationships between the causes of unwanted events and their potential escalation to losses and damage. BowTie models show the controls which prevent the top event from occurring in the first place specific to each cause and those recovery controls which are in place to limit the potential outcomes. The BowTie analysis provides a means to involve the workforce directly in the risk analysis and therefore enables an operationally relevant assessment of the hazards, risks and the true state of the relate controls.

The fire and explosion analysis (FEA) examines the consequences of fire and explosion events on personnel and equipment using quantitative and qualitative techniques and determines the potential for fire and explosion event escalation to other hazardous consequences. The method identifies and assesses the control measures required to manage the fire and explosion related risks. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The escape, evacuation and rescue analysis (EERA) provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the escape, evacuation and rescue systems and equipment at a facility that ensure personnel can escape from their work area to a place of safe muster, to evacuate and ultimately be rescued. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The emergency systems survivability analysis (ESSA) is a detailed examination of the systems which are critical to the health and safety of personnel during emergency situations to ensure that risks to personnel have been reduced to a level that is ALARP. It examines the ability of the systems to survive emergency situations for sufficient time to complete their designated function, through redundancy or fail-safe functions.

The objective of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to quantify the cumulative risk to personnel from the major accident hazards identified through the other FSA, in particular, the HAZID study and the BowTie analysis. The results can then be reviewed against the client’s tolerability criteria. The process will identify what drives the risk so that hazards can be effectively managed.

At the conclusion of any formal safety assessment process, an ALARP study workshop should be conducted in order to formally review the findings and conclusions arising from the risk analyses. This study provides the mechanism to review and make final decisions on recommendations made for further risk reduction and the acceptability of the identified risks.

Marex risk consultants can prepare and facilitate a range of process hazard analyses, including preliminary hazard analysis, what-if checklist study, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Each provides a structured technique for the identification of hazards and consideration of the safeguards in place, appropriate for the level of risk.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Safety critical task analysis (SCTA) can provide a demonstration that the major hazard analysis for a facility has considered people as both a key element in safe operation and as a potential cause of major accidents and their escalation. Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is used for systematically documenting tasks to provide a basis for risk assessment. Subsequently, human reliability analysis (HRA) is used to analyse the steps in the task developed using HTA to identify possible human failure modes. The consequences of these errors are then explored, and if these are severe, appropriate error prevention strategies should be developed.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

Marex now offers the development of interactive virtual tours of client facilities, created using high resolution 360° digital photographs and powerful virtual tour software. Virtual tours created using panoramic views of the facility, combined with general arrangement drawings enable personnel who may be unfamiliar with a facility to conduct a ‘walk-through’ and to gain an understanding of its layout and key locations (e.g. escape routes, muster points).

The aim of a regulatory compliance gap analysis will be to identify the areas where additional measures may be necessary to make operations compliant with applicable legislative requirements.

An energy management system enables an organisation to set and achieve objectives and energy targets, to take actions as needed to improve its energy performance. Marex consultants can work with clients to develop an energy management system aligned with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems, which helps organisations to use energy more efficiently and integrate better energy management into business strategy.

As part of a wider energy management system or otherwise, Marex consultants can work with customers to develop facility energy efficiency management plans (EEMPs). EEMPs should look to address the identification and evaluation of legal and other requirements, energy review, determination of performance indicators, establishment of energy baseline, establishment of objectives and targets, selection of improvement opportunities, preparation of action plans, performance evaluation and improvement.

The objective of the energy review, which feeds into the overarching energy efficiency management plan (EEMP), is to profile a facility’s energy situation and serve as a guide for the collection and analysis of the data needed to determine energy performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Marex have a number of highly qualified and experienced OVID accredited surveyors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa that specialise in OVID inspections of offshore vessels and drilling rigs.

Marex have a proven track record providing IMCA CMID audits to the Oil & Gas industries as well as to the renewables industries in Offshore Wind

Marex provides experience and fully qualified ISM/ISPS/MLC auditors to the offshore industry.

Marex have a long a proven track record in providing fast and efficient on hire surveys using the Marine Safety Forum (MSF) templates, being able to provide on hire surveys at very short notice.

It is vital to ensure that any vessel you are considering chartering is capable of conducting the operations required of the vessel. Marex provide advice and solutions on vessel selection and conduct detailed suitability audits tailored to the needs of the vessel.

Marex have provided a number of Navigation audits to the offshore industry and can provide a fast and effective service.

Marex has a large pool of experienced and approved rig moving specialists and client representatives that specialise in marine operations within the offshore industry.

Marex’s associates have extensive experience in the offshore marine industry and can provide valuable input into marine accident investigation.

Our experts offer timely, rigorous, evidence-based assessments to courts and tribunals.  Marex can provide the court with a statement of opinion on any admissible matter calling for expertise by the witness if they are qualified to give such an opinion.

Marex’s marine team have a proven track record in the drafting of marine technical and operational documentation and procedures across the marine and offshore industries.  Our philosophy is based on procedures and processes adding value to the business.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Marex has a track record in the application and delivery of marine warranty engineering, surveys and expertise to a number of projects around the world.

Marex risk team specialise in the management of risk and can create a facilitated HAZID and HIRA’s at short notice delivering details action plans and HIRA/HAZID reports.

Acting as the appointed person for the review of risk assessments, method statements and supporting information, such as a schedule of lifts, drawings and photographs.  The Appointed Person in attendance acting for the client on Complex Lifts.

Marex have specialist and IMCA accredited Dynamic Position personnel who will can create/review/audit DP operation procedures and checklists against industry best practise and guidelines. Ensuring the checklists and Asset/Vessel specific guidelines are properly aligned with the FMEA and the vessels modes of operations.

As above, Marex has the people and the experience to provide a pragmatic, IMCA compliant and value adding DP technical service conduct DP annual trails and amending or creating Failure Mode Effect Analysis.

Marex consultants assist clients in addressing the issues raised by the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) in their letter to industry regarding the potential for structural failure to offshore installations due to collision with attending vessels.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

An energy management system enables an organisation to set and achieve objectives and energy targets, to take actions as needed to improve its energy performance. Marex consultants can work with clients to develop an energy management system aligned with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems, which helps organisations to use energy more efficiently and integrate better energy management into business strategy.

As part of a wider energy management system or otherwise, Marex consultants can work with customers to develop facility energy efficiency management plans (EEMPs). EEMPs should look to address the identification and evaluation of legal and other requirements, energy review, determination of performance indicators, establishment of energy baseline, establishment of objectives and targets, selection of improvement opportunities, preparation of action plans, performance evaluation and improvement.

The objective of the energy review, which feeds into the overarching energy efficiency management plan (EEMP), is to profile a facility’s energy situation and serve as a guide for the collection and analysis of the data needed to determine energy performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Using predictive data to prevent future outcomes/events/figures/product life spans and using data mining, machine learning and statistical techniques to predict data.   

Marex risk consultants can work with stakeholders to gather the necessary information to describe their safety and environmental management system, facility equipment, and emergency response arrangements which, combined with a robust risk management process, will provide the necessary demonstrations that major accident hazards are managed effectively.

Marex can support clients in the ongoing management and maintenance of safety cases, whereby safety cases are maintained up-to-date to accurately reflect changes as they occur at the facility. This support includes, where applicable, submissions made to the relevant regulatory body for acceptance.

The purpose of a thorough review is to confirm that the safety case, with any necessary updates, continues to be fundamentally sound, and is likely to remain so until the next thorough review. The level of support which Marex can provide clients extends from the development of the thorough review procedure or the undertaking of specific review activities through to the management of the whole thorough review process.

Marex consultants are experienced in the development of verification schemes and performance standards for safety and environmentally critical elements (SECE) in compliance with the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015. For facilities operating under other legislative regimes, Marex can develop performance standards for safety critical equipment that are integrated with the client’s overall asset management strategy.

A HAZID study is carried out to ensure that all reasonably foreseeable and significant hazards that may affect or arise from operations are systematically identified. Several HAZID techniques may be used dependent upon the project scope.

A compartment survey may be carried out at a facility to assist in the identification of potential hazards and also to verify the existence of relevant local controls. The compartment survey also provides a means to engage the workforce in the hazard identification process. The survey aims to identify deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and recommendations can be made for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

A BowTie analysis effectively communicates complex risk scenarios in a graphical format that shows the relationships between the causes of unwanted events and their potential escalation to losses and damage. BowTie models show the controls which prevent the top event from occurring in the first place specific to each cause and those recovery controls which are in place to limit the potential outcomes. The BowTie analysis provides a means to involve the workforce directly in the risk analysis and therefore enables an operationally relevant assessment of the hazards, risks and the true state of the relate controls.

The fire and explosion analysis (FEA) examines the consequences of fire and explosion events on personnel and equipment using quantitative and qualitative techniques and determines the potential for fire and explosion event escalation to other hazardous consequences. The method identifies and assesses the control measures required to manage the fire and explosion related risks. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The escape, evacuation and rescue analysis (EERA) provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the escape, evacuation and rescue systems and equipment at a facility that ensure personnel can escape from their work area to a place of safe muster, to evacuate and ultimately be rescued. The process helps in identifying deficiencies or opportunities for improvement and will make recommendations for measures aimed at reducing risk to a level that is ALARP.

The emergency systems survivability analysis (ESSA) is a detailed examination of the systems which are critical to the health and safety of personnel during emergency situations to ensure that risks to personnel have been reduced to a level that is ALARP. It examines the ability of the systems to survive emergency situations for sufficient time to complete their designated function, through redundancy or fail-safe functions.

The objective of a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to quantify the cumulative risk to personnel from the major accident hazards identified through the other FSA, in particular, the HAZID study and the BowTie analysis. The results can then be reviewed against the client’s tolerability criteria. The process will identify what drives the risk so that hazards can be effectively managed.

At the conclusion of any formal safety assessment process, an ALARP study workshop should be conducted in order to formally review the findings and conclusions arising from the risk analyses. This study provides the mechanism to review and make final decisions on recommendations made for further risk reduction and the acceptability of the identified risks.

Marex risk consultants can prepare and facilitate a range of process hazard analyses, including preliminary hazard analysis, what-if checklist study, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Each provides a structured technique for the identification of hazards and consideration of the safeguards in place, appropriate for the level of risk.

Marex can provide team leaders or expert support to assist on incident and accident investigations and the determination of root causes utilising a number of techniques, including fault tree analysis (FTA), sequential timed events plotting procedure (STEPP) and IncidentXP, a variation on the BowTie principle.

Safety critical task analysis (SCTA) can provide a demonstration that the major hazard analysis for a facility has considered people as both a key element in safe operation and as a potential cause of major accidents and their escalation. Hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is used for systematically documenting tasks to provide a basis for risk assessment. Subsequently, human reliability analysis (HRA) is used to analyse the steps in the task developed using HTA to identify possible human failure modes. The consequences of these errors are then explored, and if these are severe, appropriate error prevention strategies should be developed.

Control room analyses are performed to assess the ergonomics of key control stations, incorporating human machine interface (HMI) assessments and alarm optimisation assessments. These assessments are conducted against industry standards, guidance and good practice.

Marex human factors consultants can perform bespoke human factors assessments for clients, utilising human factors engineering (HFE) principles to identify learnings and improvement opportunities that might exist with regard to specific areas of concern and how worker behaviour can be affected by ergonomic and organisational factors.

Marex now offers the development of interactive virtual tours of client facilities, created using high resolution 360° digital photographs and powerful virtual tour software. Virtual tours created using panoramic views of the facility, combined with general arrangement drawings enable personnel who may be unfamiliar with a facility to conduct a ‘walk-through’ and to gain an understanding of its layout and key locations (e.g. escape routes, muster points).

Marex can provide assistance with the development and implementation of health, safety and environmental (HSE) legal register that, being more than simply a list of legislative documents, describe the main actions required for compliance, are mapped to the Client’s SEMS and incorporate a checklist that provides a means of compliance verification. This provides a greater understanding of the activities that need to be conducted and the processes that need to be followed to ensure compliance.

The aim of a regulatory compliance gap analysis will be to identify the areas where additional measures may be necessary to make operations compliant with applicable legislative requirements.

The objective of the provision and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER) assessment is to assess the compatibility of human mechanical interface at places of work. An examination of the physical condition of the work equipment is carried out to assess whether it is safe for use by the operator and that operational procedures of the work equipment are being conducted safely.

An energy management system enables an organisation to set and achieve objectives and energy targets, to take actions as needed to improve its energy performance. Marex consultants can work with clients to develop an energy management system aligned with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 - Energy management systems, which helps organisations to use energy more efficiently and integrate better energy management into business strategy.

As part of a wider energy management system or otherwise, Marex consultants can work with customers to develop facility energy efficiency management plans (EEMPs). EEMPs should look to address the identification and evaluation of legal and other requirements, energy review, determination of performance indicators, establishment of energy baseline, establishment of objectives and targets, selection of improvement opportunities, preparation of action plans, performance evaluation and improvement.

The objective of the energy review, which feeds into the overarching energy efficiency management plan (EEMP), is to profile a facility’s energy situation and serve as a guide for the collection and analysis of the data needed to determine energy performance and identify improvement opportunities.