STERLING GLOBAL MARINE ACQUIRES GEOFF WADDINGTON & PARTNERS
Sterling Global Marine, a leading surveyor of private and commercial vessels, has announced it has acquired marine surveying company, Geoff Waddington & Partners. This move sees Sterling Global Marine become one of the fastest growing independent marine surveying companies in the UK, allowing the company to significantly upscale its business across both the leisure and commercial industry sectors.
Sterling Global Marine has experienced rapid growth and success worldwide since its creation in 2015. Spearheaded by founding director, Lee Warltier, the company specialises in all disciplines of marine surveying, including new build project management, coding and MCA compliance, draft and bunker surveys and project cargo.
Geoff Waddington, former Managing Director and Chairman, commented: “Following my retirement from Geoff Waddington & Partners and having worked alongside Lee previously, I am confident that Sterling Global Marine is the perfect fit for our customers moving forward. I can say with certainty that their company will provide a high level of expertise and excellent service and I hope that that our present customers and colleagues in the marine industry continue to use the team in the future.”
Lee Warltier, Director of Sterling Global Marine, added: “Over the past three years we have worked on expanding the company and welcomed a number of surveyors to our team – each with specific areas of expertise.
“This has allowed us to diversify in the industry and keep a very high level of professionalism in all that we do. Geoff Waddington & Partners is a renowned marine surveying company with a strong reputation, particularly in the areas of yacht shipping and cargo surveys.”
New IIMS members in the last quarter include:
Full members Andrea Mastellone Emmanuel Inkoom Joao Goncalves Jonathan Mills Kafaru Lawal Roopesh Nair Russell Bradley Scott Ure
Stephen Hawthorne Thomas Hustler Yuri Oshurko
Technician members Marc Lawrence Markku Sandell
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Students who have passed the IIMS Professional Qualification in Marine Surveying and who have received their Diploma in the last quarter are:
Professional Qualification in Commercial Ship Marine Surveying Philip Corsano
Richard Thompson
HNC in Marine Surveying Noel Parry
Professional Qualification in Yacht & Small Craft Marine Surveying Ian Braham
Michael Willie Ross Collingwood
Associate members Giovanni Palama Guy Nicholls
Richard Franklin
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32 | The Report • June 2018 • Issue 84
Member News
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