INVESTIGATION

Investigation initiates, completes and documents Port State Control (PSC) detentions, contraventions and casualty investigations,
distributes major casualty and pollution incidents investigation reports to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Port States
and other interested parties, distributes determinations after investigating contraventions of SOLAS, MARPOL, and COLREG and
monitors developments in national and international maritime law or conventions that could impact maritime investigatory functions.

Most investigations functions involve incidents which can be thought of as issues or occurrence that require some type of action by
the COSMOS MARINE BUREAU INC.(CMB). They can be events which directly involve the ship such as a casualty, contravention
or an oil spill. They may be personnel related such as a death or an injury, failure to properly perform duties, crew grievance or an
act of fraud or misconduct. There also may be an interaction between incidents such as a shipboard explosion that injures a seafarer
or improper navigation that results in a vessel grounding. Other incidents may relate to more generic issues such as embargoes,
treaties and tariffs.