Plimsoll Analytics
Empowering International Maritime Decisions With World-class Statistical And Legal Expertise
Data Analysis & Biostatistics
Turn scattered Port State Control findings, health logs, and incident reports into structured evidence that actually supports decision-making. We apply biostatistics, measurement science, and maritime public health methods to reveal risk patterns, quantify uncertainty, and test assumptions, so your P&I club, fleet, or legal team can act with confidence in audits, negotiations, and proceedings.
What We Do
Data Analysis & Biostatistics
We apply measurement science and biostatistics to Port State Control records, crew health logs, and incident data — revealing risk patterns, quantifying uncertainty, and testing the assumptions your decisions rest on.
Psychometric Instrument Design
Validated tools for measuring fatigue, safety culture, and compliance behavior — designed to stand up in audits, regulatory reviews, and court.
Maritime Policy Advisory
We translate health and statistical evidence into clear, enforceable policy — reducing regulatory uncertainty for shipowners, flag states, and port authorities
Litigation Support & Mediation
Statistically grounded analysis and expert testimony for maritime disputes where health, compliance, or causation is contested. We also provide mediation and arbitration where relationships or ongoing operations make resolution preferable to litigation.
Information Pathways
We begin with a focused consultation to clarify your maritime, legal, or health questions. Next, we gather data, design analyses or instruments, and draft policy or reports. Finally, we review findings collaboratively and support implementation. Each phase integrates biostatistics, public health, and law of the sea, so outcomes are practical, defensible, and clear. Ready to move an issue forward responsibly? Start your project today.
Who We Work With
P&I Clubs & Marine Insurers
A crew health claim with inconsistent medical records. A PSC deficiency pattern no one has quantified. We analyze the evidence, test the assumptions, and give you a statistically grounded position you can defend in negotiations or proceedings.
Maritime Law Firms & In-House Counsel
Complex causation questions, fatigue evidence, or health compliance disputes that need more than anecdotal support. We provide expert witness testimony, litigation support, and data analysis that holds up under cross-examination.
Shipowners & Fleet Operators
Recurring PSC detentions, unexplained health patterns across your fleet, or compliance gaps you can see but can't measure. We identify the risk patterns, quantify the uncertainty, and help you act before regulators do.
Regulators & Policy Bodies
Maritime health and safety regulations that need statistical grounding to be enforceable. We translate evidence into clear, defensible policy language — and help you measure whether it's working.
Statistical Science
We integrate statistical science for effective maritime data analysis, providing actionable insights for industry compliance and strategic decision-making.
Maritime Law
Our maritime legal expertise crafts robust policies, ensuring compliance and facilitating effective dispute resolution within industry frameworks.
Public Health
Our public health consulting enhances maritime safety, integrating health perspectives to uphold robust operational standards across the industry.
Why This Practice Exists
Most maritime disputes involving crew health, fatigue, or compliance data run into the same problem: the evidence exists, but no one has the training to analyze it rigorously and communicate it clearly to lawyers, regulators, or boards.
Plimsoll Analytics was built to close that gap. Dr. Cecilia Hegamin-Younger brings three decades of statistical consulting, a Ph.D. in measurement and statistics, an LL.M. in the Law of the Sea from the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta, and a master's in biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill. The practice is independent, research-focused, and committed to plain-language findings — whatever the evidence actually shows.