Florida Office:
P.O. Box 47188
St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7188
T: (727) 347-2556
Fax: (727) 343-9717
Cell Phone: (727) 415-7192 (24/7)
Email: hectorpazos75597@aol.com | Louisiana Office:
3501 Holiday Drive, Suite #314
New Orleans, LA, 70114
Cell Phone: (504) 367-4072 (24/7)
Fax: (504) 367-3790
Email: oceanoilpazos@bellsouth.net |
Hector V. Pazos, P.E., is a
Registered Professional Engineer, Naval Architect, Marine Engineer, Marine Accident Investigator and Expert Witness. For the past 39 years, Mr. Pazos has been retained to assist lawyers, insurance companies and owners regarding technical matters in a substantial number of litigations (over 1,200). He has made surveys and inspections, prepared reports and / or testified by deposition and in court in more than 400 cases.
Areas of Expertise Include:
- Power and Sail Pleasure Boats
- Passenger and Cargo Vessels
- Offshore Platforms
- Drilling Rigs
- Fishing Vessels
- Pipelines
- Barges
- Floating Cranes
- Collisions
- Salvage
| - Towing
- Damages to Docks
- Slip and Fall
- Inclined and Vertical Ladders
- Fires and Explosions
- Diving Accidents
- Noise and / or Vibration
- Containers
- Dredges
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Services Include:
- Accident Reconstruction
- Product Liability
- Equipment Failure
- Structural Failure
- Latent Defects
- Vessel Safety and Seaworthiness
- Aquatics / Recreation
| - Design / Construction Defects
- Cause of Vessel Sinking
- Vessel Stability
- Salvage of Vessels
- Engine and Steering Damage
- Personal Injury / Safety
- Biomechanics
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Maritime Accident: Shift of Cargo Resulted in the Loss of Almost the Entire Crew
The M/V Salvador Allende capsized and sunk on or about December 9, 1994, in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of almost the entire crew. Only two (2) members of the crew survived, the third engineer, Mr. Alexander Tarenov, and the second mate, Mr. Ivan Skiba.
Unsecured Hatch Cover Resulted in Death
An experienced Marine Surveyor was in the process of inspecting the cargo in one of the holds of a bulk carrier.
He was climbing out of the hold using a vertical ladder, which terminated in an access hatch of approximately 25" x 25
Self-Actuated Transmission Killed Two People: The Need for Propeller Guards
There are numerous public records of self-actuated transmission accidents for both automobiles and boats. However, record-keeping practices does not identify most of the marine incidents of self-actuated transmissions
