International Institute of Marine Surveying - Dedicated to Excellence in Marine Surveying


BULLETIN JUNE 2021


NEWS IIMS


CEO Chat Happy birthday IIMS!


Dear Colleague


The coming weeks for me are about celebrating the Institute’s 30TH


fully in the birthday celebrations and delivering the 2021 Annual General Meeting on 9th encourage you to join us, if at all possible.


anniversary, participating June. I


My personal birthday present to IIMS members (and the wider maritime world) is a gigantic and most comprehensive 136-page Report Magazine, by some margin the biggest we have ever published - available today at https://bit.ly/2WQTosu. For me, this is a fitting way to celebrate and commemorate the Institute turning thirty! Compiling each edition of the magazine remains one of my favourite activities and gives me great pleasure.


Turning thirty provokes mixed emotions - a degree of poignancy laced with a sense of euphoria would perhaps sum it up best. It is an opportunity to pause and reflect for a moment, but not to stand still. I believe, however, it is necessary to look back at our roots, to understand where we have come from as an organisation, recognising the challenges we have faced and overcome; and to acknowledge our significant achievements over this time. But, as I say, we cannot dwell in the past.


The profession has come on in leaps and bounds over the past thirty years and marine surveying is unrecognisable from what it was back then; but there is a way to go still. The marine world is evolving rapidly, and we must grasp and embrace what is happening around us to ensure we remain relevant and will continue to be successful over the


Dear Member


Welcome to this News Bulletin from the International Institute of Marine Surveying


(IIMS). This bulletin is


available in PDF and eReader format from the IIMS website. It aims to keep members and non-members up to date with information on a monthly basis. Members are encouraged to share and forward this newsletter to colleagues, who they think might like to join the Institute, or who may be interested in its content. For more information about the Institute visit:


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