ABL July Maritime Market Briefing 2026
Join us for ABL’s July Maritime Market Briefing, exploring the following topic:
Speciality Vessels: Self-Elevating Units and Risks for Underwriters
ABL’s Captain Emil Wydarty, Marine Warranty Surveyor / Marine Consultant, will present our July briefing.
Introduction to the topic
The presentation defines self-elevating units, describes different applications and types of self-elevating units, discusses different modes of operation of self-elevating units and associated risks for underwriters.
Emil will provide a comprehensive overview of self-elevating units, commencing with a review of their historical development, a formal definition and applications within the offshore industry. It subsequently examines the various types of jack-up units, with particular emphasis on their principal components. The presentation further explores the different modes of operation of self-elevating units, accompanied by an analysis of the associated risks.
The technical presentation will be followed by a Q&A and finalised with a summary of last month’s high-cost marine casualties.
When: Thursday 9th July, 9:30 AM UK time
Where:
- In-person: Lloyd’s Old Library, 1 Lime Street, EC3M 7HA, London. Arrivals from 9:00 AM for coffee, tea, biscuits and networking.
- Virtual: Zoom Webinar from 9:30 AM
Learning objectives:
By the end of the presentation, you will be able to:
- Have a brief understanding of the history of self-elevating units
- Define what self-elevating units are and their applications in the offshore industry
- Explain differences between types of self-elevating units
- Understand different modes of operation of self-elevating units
- Appreciate the risks associated with different modes of operation of self-elevating units
Meet our speakers:
Oliver Tattersall
Naval Architect, ABL
Case Reports Presenter
CPD Accreditation
This is a CPD-accredited event by the Chartered Insurance Institute. Attendance is worth up to 1 CPD hour in person and up to 30 CPD minutes online.
ABL offers extensive experience in all shipping and maritime-related matters including marine casualties, salvage and wreck removal, hull and machinery, P&I claims, fixed object damage, pollution, personal injury, and ports and harbours, marine accident investigation amongst other areas. Our reputation covers work in ports & harbours, small craft, global shipping, defence and yachts.