Mills Navigation

Who I am

Mills Navigation is an established company founded by Captain Jonathan Mills, a Master Mariner with a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Navigation who is currently a Marine Pilot operating on the Thames Estuary and the Medway. Captain Mills is a CMID Inspector and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. Mills Navigation also employs the expertise of marine professionals to fulfil all aspects of our services.

We provide a range of professional services to meet your needs; we promise to provide our services with integrity and to your highest levels of satisfaction. Based in the UK but able to travel worldwide at short notice, Mills Navigation can provide a quality approach to safely assess a situation and provide the client with the timely information that is required to make pertinent cost-effective decisions.

Services

We offer expert advice and consultation on a range of marine subjects. Main areas of expertise lie in the fields of Marine Casualty Investigation, Surveying, Magnetic Compass Adjustment by MCA Qualified Adjusters and Port/Terminal/Jetty design from a navigation hazard/pilotage perspective; particularly LNG Terminals.

• Port Design

• Pilotage

• ISPS & Security

• Investigations

• Expert Witness

• Navigation Audits

• Compass Adjustment

• Surveys

Incident/Casualty Investigation & Expert Witness Provision

Incident Investigation - from initial contact to subsequent attendance and investigation into the incident from a H&M or P&I perspective. Reports, overviews and summaries can be tailored to a client's specific requirements. From collisions to groundings, cargo handling disputes and any other incidents that require investigating.

Working closely with insurers on resulting claims surveys, owners can continue their operations with minimum disruption. Our surveys afford thorough ‘after the fact’ investigations and analysis to identify probable cause, nature and extent of damage to a vessel or cargo. Reports and comments will be complied for initial discussions, client comments, publication and subsequently, if required, preparation and provision of Expert Witnesses.

Support When You Require It - Mills Navigation will provide the expertise required to attend an incident, worldwide, to make initial assessments, publish reports and back-up with ongoing commitments.

PORT/TERMINAL/JETTY DESIGN

Consultants for port developments including Hazard Assessments and Risk Management. Mills Navigation works closely with a state of the art, Full Mission Bridge Simulation (FMBS) facility manned by very experienced pilots, tug skippers and technical staff.

By working with a simulation of a port design with current and meteorological data overlaid, we can provide a comprehensive study, using a wide range of port and ship design, that provides our clients with commercial feasibility as well as risk information to enable and ensure sound commercial planning.

Working closely with local Pilots, Hydrographers and our clients to ensure that there is up-to-date local input, the simulations are piloted by skilled mariners using available or proposed tug facilities. By doing this, a comprehensive feasibility and risk analysis can be developed that can provide detailed, dynamic marine information for the facilities that are to be used or proposed.

Specialising in tanker consultations, including LNG Carriers and FPSOs/FSRUs.

Using the FMBS comprehensive training of pilots, masters and tug skippers can be undertaken either independently or in the presence of facility owners/managers.

Bridge Team & Navigation Audits

Marine and Navigation Studies. Bridge Team Audits. We can formally assess your Bridge Teams Competence against set criteria to establish not only the safety of the team but also the professionalism and fundementally how well they work together in all situations.

We can also carry out reviews of navigation documentation (SMS.ISM etc.) to ensure compliance with all current regulations.