Fisher Maritime's Tug-Barge Expert Witness Services

Since 1976, Fisher Maritime has been analyzing maritime casualties, including many that involved tug-barge operations.

Evidence in a wide variety of tug-barge casualties has been analyzed to identify fundamental causes. The experience of Fisher Maritime personnel with many different types of tugboat, barge and other towed equipment, the various towing modes, Regulatory Body requirements, meteorology, shiphandling, etc., has then been instrumental in supporting the responsibilities of the parties involved.

The expertise of Fisher Maritime personnel has been demonstrated numerous times in successful litigation support for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Fisher Maritime expert witnesses have prepared expert reports, expert declarations, and other forms of information in support of its assignments. They have considerable experience in the provision of both deposition and litigation testimony.

Fisher Maritime experts have developed requests for document production and interrogatories, the responses to which assist in Fisher Maritime's analyses.

The national recognition of Fisher Maritime's capabilities is reflected by the fact that attorneys from all coasts (east, west, gulf, and great lakes) as well as inland lakes and waterways throughout the US have called upon Fisher Maritime to provide expert witness services in tug-barge cases. Many of these attorneys represent repeat clients for Fisher Maritime.