New handy guide number 20 is launched


With the recent publication of another new title in the What a marine surveyor needs to know about series of handy guide, the collection has now reached twenty.


And as Mike Schwarz says, this a remarkable output and something of a landmark given the humble beginnings when the first handy guide was published just three years ago.


What a marine surveyor needs to know about paint failure, corrosion and rectification by Peter Morgan and Roger Weatherhead is an essential companion that any surveyor should have as part of their reference collection.


Most metals found in nature exist in their stable oxidised form as oxides, carbonates, silicates, sulphates, sulphides and chlorides. These are refined to produce the various metals used today; however, since they are more stable in their oxidised form they try to revert to this state. We try to prevent


this corrosion process by the application of coatings of many different types – organic, inorganic and metallic. In this handy guide, the authors take readers through an A-Z of specific words, phrases and jargon giving clear advice on how to spot and rectify issues. There are also examples of coating materials, how the finished product should look and photographs to illustrate some of the faults and defects which may be encountered in their use.


Roger and Peter mention some of the different examination and analytical techniques, from simple observation through to sophisticated analysis that is used to determine the causes of coating failures. Techniques include coating thickness measurements, optical and electron microscopy, eDX analysis and ftIr (fourier transform Infra red Spectroscopy). ultrasonic techniques can be used to determine metal thicknesses and metal loss due to corrosion.


What a marine surveyor needs to know about paint failure, corrosion and rectification runs to 224 pages and is published at £35 in paperback or £32 in pdf eReader format. The handy guide may be purchased online from the IIMS web site at https://bit.ly/2uxuY7k.


Capt Bertrand Apperry steps down and retires as a Director


After many years’ valuable service to the Institute, long standing IIMS member and ISM specialist, Capt Bertrand Apperry, has decided to stand down. With immediate effect he has relinquished his role as an Executive Director of the International Institute of Marine Surveying Ltd and with it his seat on the Management Board.


Bertrand, who served a two-year term as Institute President from 2014-2016, will be missed by all those who know him and especially by his colleagues on the management board. IIMS is grateful to Bertrand for his support and efforts over a long period.


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