{"id":38537,"date":"2025-05-08T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=news&p=38537"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:03:21","slug":"jessica-ng-celebrates-10-years-at-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/jessica-ng-celebrates-10-years-at-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Ng Celebrates 10 Years at Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Marine Cargo Spoilage and Fire and Explosion Specialist<\/a>, Jessica Ng<\/a>, celebrates her 10th anniversary at Hawkins. Jessica joined our Hong Kong office in 2015, specialising in fire and explosion<\/a> investigation, contamination<\/a> assessments, and agricultural cargo<\/a> claims. Since joining Hawkins, she has investigated the causes of fires in both residential and commercial properties, as well as on board vessels in Hong Kong and overseas. Her work includes assessing contamination in buildings, manufacturing equipment, and stock and lift\/escalator components following fires and floods.<\/p>

Jessica has investigated over 200 cases in her time at Hawkins, and has provided advice on \u2018live\u2019 ship fires involving cargoes such as coal and other agricultural products. She has investigated the causes of cargo contamination on tankers and been involved in cases involving the liquefaction of Group A cargo, which includes witnessing laboratory tests to determine the cargo\u2019s moisture content and flow moisture point. She has previously presented a webinar on Spontaneous Combustion of Oily Rags<\/a> and also written an article on Cargo Liquefaction<\/a> and how to mitigate the risks. Jessica provided further insight into her role at Hawkins, taking part in one of our\u00a0Spotlight Articles<\/a>. She explained more about her line of work, her motivations for pursuing a career as a forensic investigator, as well as some of the common misconceptions about the role.\u00a0<\/p>

Commenting on her time at Hawkins, Jessica says \u201cI love the unique blend of hands-on detective work and rigorous scientific analysis that forensic investigation demands. Every scene is a like a puzzle; interpreting patterns, collecting evidence, and reconstructing the story of how a fire began and spread. From small residential fires to complex industrial blazes, the variety of cases has kept each day engaging and fuelled my passion for continuous learning in this field. Ten years of investigating fires, and I still haven\u2019t found the \u2018easy\u2019 button. Maybe it\u2019s hidden under the debris.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Senior Associate, Jessica Ng, investigating the cause of an explosion inside a cremator (left) and onsite in Tianjin conducting contamination assessments after the explosion in 2015 (right<\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We would like to congratulate Jessica on a fantastic achievement and thank her for all her hard work since joining, as we look forward to many more successful years to come.<\/p>

If you have a case relating to a fire, contamination or cargo transportation issue and would like Jessica to investigate, please get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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