EDITOR’S LETTER Dear Colleague


Welcome to the September 2024 edition of The Report Magazine.


One of the great pleasures of my role is that I get to edit this magazine and by my reckoning this is my 43rd edition since I started a decade ago. As I was putting the finishing touches to this edition, I read an article by InterManager who have published some accident statistics. Captain Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of InterManager, is questioning why there has been a doubling of deaths in maritime enclosed spaces incidents already this year. I sit with Kuba on the Maritime Professional Council and know first-hand how passionate he is (as am I) about safety of lives at sea. Worryingly, it seems little has changed over the past decade. Why not? I don’t have the answers but would encourage you to read the article starting on page 138.


Now, please allow me to be a little self-indulgent for a moment. After a lengthy 2 year process to prepare IIMS for its initial ISO 9001 audit, (which took place a few weeks ago), I am delighted to inform you that we have been officially certificated and can now proudly display the official logo and


tell the world. You may be familiar with ISO 9001, but if not here is a brief explanation - ISO 9001 is a globally recognized standard for quality management. It helps organisations of all sizes and sectors to improve their performance, meet customer expectations and demonstrate their commitment to quality. It was Immediate Past President, Peter Broad’s initiative initially, which was backed by the management board. I’d like to thank my colleague, Camella Robertson, who has taken the responsibility as Quality Manager and who has formatted everything that we put forward for audit. There is more on this story in Members’ News.


The American Bureau of Shipping has put together an essential Safety Bulletin entitled How well do you know your lifeboat? It is a reminder that lifeboats come in all shapes, sizes and with different operating systems – so, being familiar with the various types could save lives. See page 134.


In the UK we often think of wood as being a much rarer form of construction material for vessels these days, but the folk in Tasmania, Australia might well disagree strongly. According to the state government, the wooden boat building industry is worth $50 million per year to the Tasmanian economy. The feature story


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on page 102 - Tassie: The Wooden Boat Capital of Australia offers an insight into what is driving this activity.


What to do with end-of-life-boats remains a hot topic, for which no-one really has a sustainable answer. It is a subject we have covered before. But it seems there is a glimmer of hope coming from an unexpected source that might alleviate this issue. As the first commercial wind turbines came online in the mid to late ‘90s, they are now reaching the end of their operational life and need to be decommissioned. This raises the question of what to do with their waste. The article on page 128 entitled Wind turbine recycling: Could this provide a glimmer of hope for millions of end-of- life boats? explains in more detail.


Martin Pittilo recently joined the IIMS management board and he is the subject of this edition’s A Day in the Life of feature – see page 143.


There are many other insightful articles to read which I do not have space to promote, but my thanks to all those who have authored these stories and features.


Survey well, Mike Schwarz Chief Executive Officer


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