Editor’s Letter Dear IIMS Member


Welcome to the last Report Magazine of 2017. It has been quite a year, successful on the business front for sure, but one that will be remembered for many reasons! You can read my very personal review of the highs and lows of life at IIMS and MSA during 2017 elsewhere in this edition.


Feedback from the last issue of The Report was pleasing to read. In particular, some readers commented on the new layout of the news pages and how fresh and clean they look. Your feedback matters to us, so thank you.


November proved to be a busy month for training and conferencing. In the members news area you can read about the training that took place for yacht and small craft surveyors, both in Scotland and near Portsmouth. During late November we held a practical two day training event for Certifying Authority members when we clambered beneath a windfarm fast crew vessel in south Devon to conduct a workboat coding survey. Fascinating. And we wrapped up with the 5th Biennial IIMS UAE Branch Conference, held in the splendour of the Sheraton Jumeriah Beach Resort hotel, Dubai, just a few days ago. Check out the review from page 19. On the subject of training, you will find a provisional calendar of IIMS events for 2018 in


President: Mr Adam Brancher (FIIMS) Immediate Past President: Capt Bertrand Apperry (FIIMS)


this edition. Watch out as we flesh out the plans in full and I hope to meet you next year in person or online. In particular, I am excited to announce a four day joint IIMS and eCMID seminar to be held in Sydney, Australia from 31 July to 3 August around the Sydney Boat Show.


One of the joys of editing this publication and searching for content is that I encounter some interesting individuals who I would not usually meet. Rama Chandran, who I met in Singapore earlier this year, is one such example. What a mine of information he is. His article on hull machinery claims makes sobering but essential reading.


Peter Broad MIIMS, based in South Korea, is the subject in the Day in a Life of. He is engaged in some ground breaking LNG projects in the huge yards out there. He speaks openly about his life and work.


I make no apology for including three short articles relating to business management themes in this issue. Most surveyors I know, especially those who work alone, get so wrapped up in surveying that some areas of business management get overlooked. Whether we like it or not, there is some potentially onerous new EU legislation coming in May 2018. It is called the General Data Protection Regulation and you ignore it at your peril. It affects many of us, no matter if you are outside the EU or not. If


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you trade with EU organisations it affect you too. The fines are potentially crippling. See page 60.


The article on to be or not to be an expert witness is worth a read. This can be a lucrative area of business for surveyors, but are you sure what it entails? See page 49.


Some of us are older enough (just in my case) to remember the round the world sailing antics of Sir Francis Chichester in his beloved Gipsy Moth IV. I am grateful to IIMS member, Capt Mark Souter, who stumbled across the original Gipsy Moth, bought her and has written an article about his escapades. Read the article on page 46.


On a lighter note, we have pulled together fifty quotes with a nautical theme, some from famous people other not so. It seems there is plenty of wisdom!


Enjoy the other content not referenced here in my Editor’s letter in what is another packed Report Magazine.


Survey well.


Mike Schwarz Chief Executive Officer International Institute of Marine Surveying


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