Anatoly Shmelev, a marine surveyor and loss adjuster with an academic degree in navigation, has been working in the insurance market during last 20 years. Currently, he is a deputy director at Russurvey in Minsk and he runs his own advisory where he provides survey and loss adjusting advice. He serves as chief researcher to the group “Safe stowage and securing of cargoes” at the Scientific Centre “Freight Transportation Management“ of the Scientific and Research Institute of Motor Transport (NIIAT).