Bert Smets
Manager / Senior Surveyor since 1998
Claim handler since 2000
Former Lay Judge to the Commercial Court of Antwerp
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Education
- Graduate in Automotive Technology / Mechanics
- Course Transport & Insurance Law ABAM/BVT certificate (2003 + 2010)
Skills
- Liability claims in Marine & Industry
- Professional liability of carriers, forwarders, stevedores
- CMR liability
- CIM and Convention of Warschau
- Cargo claims, with extensive knowledge of
- temperature controlled products
- machinery
- automotive
- contamination and pollution
- Lashing and securing of cargo (Heavy Lifts)
- Prevention in Logistic Processes
- Warehouse and terminal inspections
- Load, lashing, securing and discharging of project cargoes
- Pre-shipment surveys + vessel load and discharge supervisions
- Claim settlement in cargo & liability claims
- Third party recoveries
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