The Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum will host Charles Taylor Adjusting marine technical services director Harshvardhan Kumar for a session on cargo risks next month.  

Captain Kumar’s seminar – The Vagaries of Marine Transit – will examine cargo containment and factors influencing losses.  

He will give examples of containerised cargo losses and their key causes and effects.  

Captain Kumar has more than 45 years’ maritime industry experience, including 28 years at sea for major shipping lines before moving into insurance as a surveyor in 2010.

The meeting is at the Colin Biggers & Paisley office at 181 William Street in Melbourne from 11am to noon on June 10. Click here for registration and for information on the Zoom broadcast.