PLW Associates (Marine) Ltd

                                                                                                     

Dr Sue Lewey

 

 

 

e-mail: sue@plwmarine.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Sue Lewey is a trained marine scientist and navigator.  For five years she was Head of the Maritime Research Centre at Southampton Institute and has extensive experience of managing and participating in research projects, including numerous European Projects. She is a European Expert Evaluator for Frameworks 5 & 6.

Currently working part-time in Brussels for The Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe (AMRIE) as a technical consultant. She has experience of working closely with the maritime industry, gaining an understanding of the operational issues and hence she can act as an effective bridge between researchers and end users.  Working in Brussels, means that she has a close working knowledge of the European Commission and the European Parliament.

She also works privately through consulting companies in the UK and Malaysia.

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), MPhil, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol

 

Subject Specialisms:

o         European maritime policy

o         Strategic Coastal development

o         Port Development and Habitats and Birds Directives

o         ICZM

o         Marine environmental issues associated with shipping and ports

 

Relevant Professional Activities & Experience:

 

1999-2001            Ordinary member of IOB science Policy (environment) Committee

 

1999-                     Expert Evaluator FP5 Sustainable Ecosystems for EC

 

2000-                                Member of Alliance of Maritime Interests in Europe (AMRIE) working groups on Marine Environmental Care, Ports, and SSS

 

2000                       Invited participant to UKOOA Drill cuttings Workshop

 

2001                       Invited to seminar at the European Parliament, Brussels as an expert on the impacts of marine transport on the environment

 

2001-                                Member of Stakeholders Group – Towards a Strategy to Protect and Conserve the Marine Environment, EU initiative. Representing AMRIE, proposed by EC

 

2002-                     Member Technical papers and conference committee, IMAREST

 

2002-                     Member of Advisory Group to EU funded EUROSION project, Representing AMRIE, proposed by EC

 

2003-                     Expert Evaluator FP6 Sustainable Ecosystems, Craft Awards for EC

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Publications:


1996       Lewey, S.A. and Rees, G Water quality and pollution: In Coastal Recreation Management - Coastal Recreational Management: The sustainable development of maritime leisure.  Eds.  T.Goodhead & D.Johnson, London, E&FN Spon

 

1996        Pullin, R. A., Lewey, S. A., Nevell, T. G. & Tsiboulkis, J. Fluorinated polymeric materials as marine antifoulants.  Oceanology 96, Brighton UK

 

1999 Fernandez Estarlich, F., Lewey, S.A, Nevell, T.G., Thorpe, A.A., Tsibouklis, J  & Upton, A.C. Effects of seawater immersion on the surface properties of some silicone and fluorosilicone coating materials. International Congress on marine Corrosion and Fouling, U of Melbourne, Australia, February 1999

 

1999       Fernandez Estarlich, F., Lewey, S.A, Nevell, T.G., Thorpe, A.A., Tsibouklis, J  & Upton, A.C. The surface properties of some silicone and fluorosilicone coating materials immersed in seawater. Marine Biofouling - an International Symposium, U of Plymouth, UK, July 1999

 

2001       Johnson, D.E., Lewey, S.A., Park, P., Hoar, J., Pourzanjani, M.M., Fletcher, S. & Tarver, S. Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)  Wadden Sea Feasibility Study. Report to Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat. 99pp.

 

2002       Lewey, S.A. & Wybrow, P. The Environmental Impact of Naval Practices in Navy Bases. Conference on Environmentally Responsible Maritime Defence, MIMA August 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

2002       Lloyd, M., Wybrow, P. & Lewey, S.A., Short Sea Shipping – A European and ASEAN Perspective. MIMA-GMV Joint Conference on Intra-ASEAN Shipping and Port Development. October 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

2002     Fernández Estarlich, F., Lewey, S. A., Wybrow, P. SEAM; assessing concepts, systems and tools for a safer, efficient and environmentally aware and friendly maritime transports. 11th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Biofouling San Diego, California July 2002

2003       Lewey, S.A., &  Wybrow, P., Marine Environmental Issues in Shipping and Ports,  The MIMA Bulletin, Vol.10, No.1/2003, July 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

2000-2003 Recent reports on EU maritime policy:

 

Air emissions from sea going ships

Port waste reception facilities

Market access to port services

Seafarer training and education

ICZM