The President’s Column Dear Members,


It is with great pleasure that I write my first column as President of IIMS.


I must thank Geoff Waddington, now our Past President, again for all his sterling support to the Institute and particularly the permanent staff at Murrills House over the past two years through very difficult times with the pandemic.


It was a pleasure to attend the AGM in June at Murrills House and also to meet up in person with all the office staff and to attend the Seawork trade show in Southampton. Some interesting trade stands but not so many attendees this year, still put off by COVID and the cost of travel.


I write my first President’s column with my recent experience of attending Warsash Maritime Academy to carry


I was a marine engineering cadet at Warsash between 1986


out an STCW short course so that I can revalidate my Chief Engineers Class 1 COC still fresh in my mind.


This is where I get on my soapbox, and I make no apology for my observations in the hope that we as an organization can be part of the future of what seems to be an unattractive industry to come into as a marine professional (deck or engineer officer cadet).


and 1990. It was a vibrant and exceptional place of learning. There were 200 cadets per year intake (circa 100 deck, 100 engineering). These annual numbers of intake were similar in the other UK Merchant Navy Colleges in Newcastle, Plymouth, Liverpool and Glasgow. Most cadets went on to have jobs with the shipping companies that had sponsored them through the cadetship.


To say that I am disappointed to see the condition of Warsash now would be an understatement. I honestly think it is actually a disgrace to see what it has become. All the accommodation buildings, administration buildings, and Mountbatten library are derelict with broken windows and curtains blowing in the breeze like some Holocaust from Ukraine. The purpose-built engineering workshop building, which was constructed in 1988 -1989 has been demolished and


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