Cris Partridge

Owner Myrcator Marine & Cargo Solutions FZE

Cris Partridge is the owner of Myrcator Marine & Cargo Solutions FZE which was incorporated in mid 2020. Cris has worked across the Middle East since 2001 and has been permanently based in the UAE since 2009. Myrcator MCS specialises in major marine casualty and fatality investigations, expert witness services, project cargo supervision, insurance inspections, specialized marine inspections, vessel condition inspections and S&P services.

Cris started his career as a deck rating and reached the rank of Master. His seagoing experience in both global and region-specific trading includes general and container ships, cape-size bulkers, lighthouse tenders, OSV / AHT including DP operations, coastal dry bulkers, capital and aggregate dredgers, passenger and freight
Ro-Ro, heavy lift, multi-purpose RTW cargo vessels and survey ships.
 
Cris has extensive experience as a cargo surveyor and as an in-house Master Mariner / Marine Investigator with an international law firm. Cases there involved subsea ploughing and trenching disputes; speed & consumption claims; cargo damage; allision and collision; groundings and ice navigation. In 2004 he was awarded an MSc in Maritime Operations.