Editor’s Letter Dear IIMS Member
Another IIMS London Conference comes and goes, this one not attended in person by as many members as I would have liked. But I am grateful to those who did join us and for your company at the event. A pity as the content delivered over the two days was both pertinent and of high quality. However if you were not present, or did not take a live feed of the Conference, check out the IIMS YouTube channel to see videos made at the event and catch up on what you missed.
This edition of the Report Magazine has a short overview of the London Conference and the AGM as well as the recent IIMS Singapore seminars too, which attracted a good mix of delegates. Elsewhere in this publication, you will find an eclectic collection of articles, features and news.
I am grateful to Elliott Berry, who earlier this year flagged up the risks associated with giving valuations (see page 27); and also to Karen Brain who has picked up this theme and expanded it further in her article on page 78. Surveyors have a ‘duty of care’, but what does this mean in reality and where does that
responsibility and liability cease? Both articles are worth a read.
End of life boats has been a thorny issue for many years. The problem continues to grow and various initiatives have been proposed to tackle this problem. As Albert ten Buschen says in his article on the subject (see page 52), “There are currently an estimated 13,000 end of life boats in Holland, a figure that one prediction says is set to rise to an astonishing 75,000 by 2030.” His pioneering work in this area is laudable.
Earlier this year I attended an exhibition in London dedicated to the wind and renewables sector. To say I was shocked at what I saw and learnt in a single day is an understatement. With the inexorable growth of the sector and the clamour for this cheaper form of ‘green energy’, it is inevitable that more specialist and hybrid vessels, many of which are high in specification and boasting the latest workboat technology, will be servicing that sector. Perhaps this creates opportunities for entrepreneurial surveyors? I have tried to expand this theory with the help of a couple of other contributors in a special feature on
the wind and renewables sector starting on page 30. I will leave you to decide!
Not long ago, ISO standard 19030, regarding the objective measurement of hull and propeller performance, was launched. But what is the purpose of this new ISO? The answer can be found on page 28.
It gave me particular pleasure to interview Ian Nicolson HonMIIMS for the ‘A Day in the Life of’ feature (see page 80). A doyen of the marine surveying business, Ian can point to seventy plus years’ service to the profession under his belt. He must surely be the oldest working surveyor in the UK if not the world, unless you know differently? Younger surveyors could learn much from his words and pearls of wisdom.
Hope you like the new page layouts in this edition.
Survey well
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