Andrew Moore & Associates

What Andrew Moore & Associates does

Andrew Moore & Associates Ltd is a privately held maritime and scientific consulting firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in Hong Kong, with a second regional headquarters in Singapore. It delivers expert advisory, surveying, casualty response, and forensic services to the global shipping and insurance industries through six service divisions: Marine Casualty Management, Scientific Expertise, Fire & Forensics, Claims & Disputes, Surveys & Inspections, and Marine Consultancy. Its customer base includes members of the International Group of P&I Clubs, major ship owners and managers, maritime law firms, hull & machinery underwriters, and cargo interests, with cases ranging from millions to over USD 1 billion in claim value.

The firm operates through eight fully staffed offices across Asia (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai), Europe (Sheffield, Gibraltar), the Middle East (Istanbul), and Central America (Panama), supported by a team of master mariners, marine engineers, naval architects, fire experts, and PhD-level scientists. Differentiated technical assets include in-house navigation simulation software, 3D casualty reconstruction tools, salvage engineering hull form modeling, an R&D office in Sheffield, and a Singapore-based fuel testing laboratory with GC-MS, spectroscopy, and chromatography capabilities. Revenue is generated entirely on a project-based professional services model through expert attendance, investigation, surveys, expert witness testimony, and Lloyd's Agency services, with the firm holding the Lloyd's Agent appointment for Hong Kong & Macau (12 years) and Singapore (6 years). The bunker survey programme has recovered over USD 100 million in fuel value for large charterer clients. The firm also maintains affiliations with the Mission to Seafarers, IMCA, ISU, RINA, The Nautical Institute, IMAREST, and Sailors' Society.

Name

Andrew Moore & Associates

Legal name

Andrew Moore & Associates Ltd

Website

https://andrew-moore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Andrew Moore & Associates is a Hong Kong-headquartered maritime and scientific consulting firm founded in 1989, delivering expert surveying, casualty response, fire forensics, and claims advisory to P&I Clubs, ship owners, underwriters, and maritime law firms across eight global offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Consulting Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Ship Building and Repairing (336611)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Surveying, Inspection & Claims (EDAOANAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance & Repair (UWILD, Diving/ROV, In-water Cleaning) (IMAJAFAJ), Underwater/Port Infrastructure Security (Dive Teams, Hull & Pier Inspections) (BPAKALAH), Marine & Offshore Energy O&M (Offshore Wind, Platforms, Subsea Assets) (EUAEAGAO)

Keywords

• Maritime consulting services
• Marine surveying inspections
• Fire forensics investigation
• Expert witness testimony
• Bunker quality surveys

Headquarters

HQ city

Hong Kong

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Expert consulting services provided to shipping industry including marine casualties, claims disputes, surveys and inspections, and technical support. Revenue generated through professional service fees for expert attendance, investigation, and advisory services.
2. Survey and Inspection Services: On-site survey and inspection services including bunker surveys, condition surveys, on/off hire surveys, and warranty surveys conducted by qualified surveyors worldwide.
3. Expert Witness and Arbitration: Expert witness testimony and technical input for court and arbitration proceedings in multiple jurisdictions on high profile cases ranging from millions to over a billion USD in claim value.
4. Lloyd's Agency Services: Services provided in capacity as Lloyd's Agent for Hong Kong & Macau, and Singapore including loss control, risk management, heavy lift and project cargo, damage assessment, technical claims adjusting, and recovery handling.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Andrew Moore & Associates is a maritime consulting firm providing professional services across marine casualty management, surveys and inspections, claims and disputes, marine consultancy, scientific expertise, and fire and forensics investigations. The firm combines master mariners, marine engineers, naval architects, fire experts and scientists to deliver expert witness testimony, bunker quality surveys, hull and machinery damage assessments, and Lloyd's Agency services for shipping industry clients worldwide.

Product overview

Andrew Moore & Associates is a marine consultancy firm offering professional services through six interconnected service divisions: Marine Casualty Management, Scientific Expertise Services, Fire & Forensics, Claims & Disputes, Surveys & Inspections, and Marine Consultancy. The firm also holds a specialized Lloyd's Agency appointment for Hong Kong & Macau and Singapore. Their differentiated approach combines marine technical expertise with in-house scientific capabilities, offering clients integrated consultancy across maritime, scientific, and forensic domains from offices worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marine Casualty Management

Quantifiable outcome

• 1000+ projects per year successfully undertaken
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lloyd's of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1989AMA holds the appointment as Lloyd's Agent for Hong Kong & Macau (12 years) and Singapore (6 years). Provides loss control, risk management, heavy lift and project cargo, damage assessment, technical claims adjusting, and recovery handling services in official capacity.
• Mission to SeafarersminorOthersAffiliation with Mission to Seafarers, an international maritime charity providing pastoral care to seafarers.
• IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association)minorOthersAffiliation with IMCA, the international trade association for marine contractors, supporting offshore vetting and assessment activities.
• ISU (International Salvage Union)minorOthersAffiliation with ISU representing marine salvors worldwide.
• RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects)minorOthersAffiliation with RINA, the professional body for naval architects and marine engineers.
• The Nautical InstituteminorOthersAffiliation with The Nautical Institute, an international representative body for maritime professionals.
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST)minorOthersAffiliation with IMAREST, the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.
• Sailors' SocietyminorOthersAffiliation with Sailors' Society, a maritime welfare charity.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Ince (Ince Gordon Dadds): International maritime law firm with technical expert and consulting adjacencies — adjacent to AMA's expert witness and claims services, often retaining maritime experts in dispute work.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore: Global classification society providing marine surveying, certification and advisory services — comparable in maritime surveying and technical advisory, though operating as a much larger, regulated incumbent.
• DNV Maritime: Classification and maritime advisory society with extensive surveying, technical consulting and digital twinning offerings — overlaps with AMA's technical advisory and casualty response work, but at materially larger scale.
• Braemar (formerly Braemar ACM / Braemar Seascope): Larger London-listed maritime services group with casualty response, marine surveying and technical consultancy — overlaps with AMA's marine consultancy and surveying divisions but operates at greater scale across shipping, offshore and energy.
• BMT Group: Established maritime engineering and consultancy firm with naval architecture, casualty response and survey capabilities — broad incumbent offering overlapping services to ship owners, insurers and governments.
• Sedgwick (marine/cargo division): Global claims and loss adjusting firm with dedicated marine and cargo practice serving insurers, P&I Clubs and ship owners — competes with AMA in cargo claims and survey work as a broader incumbent.
• Crawford & Company: One of the world's largest independent claims management firms with marine and cargo adjusting capabilities serving major insurers and P&I Clubs — broad incumbent overlap in claims handling and surveying.

Regional players

• McKenzie Farquhar: Asia-Pacific marine surveying and consultancy firm headquartered in Hong Kong — closest regional competitor offering bunker, condition and cargo surveys across the same Asian hubs where AMA operates.

Direct peers

• Charles Taylor: Global loss adjusting and marine claims services firm serving P&I Clubs, insurers and ship owners — competes head-to-head with AMA in hull & machinery surveying, claims handling and casualty investigation.
• LOC Group: London-headquartered marine engineering consultancy delivering casualty response, surveys, salvage support and technical advice to ship owners, P&I Clubs and underwriters worldwide — directly comparable to AMA's marine casualty and claims services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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