New WhatsApp group launched for UK Yacht & Small Craft Surveyors
Recently, IIMS launched its latest closed WhatsApp group, this one specifically for UK based yacht and small craft members. This brings the total number of groups now to more than 20, which includes the various student groups we manage.
Over 30 members have joined the group so far and there has already been a fair amount of dialogue and exchanges, including a discussion on public liability insurance, (given that marinas are now insisting on £5 million cover), an exchange on cancellation clauses in surveying contracts, payment terms and the general increase of repair costs. This is a great start and exactly what the group is for.
Capt John Noble donates new book to the IIMS library
Recently Capt John Noble HonFIIMS (pictured right) popped into the IIMS offices. His mission? John was keen to donate a copy of a new book to IIMS Chief Executive, Mike Schwarz (left), published by the Nautical Institute entitled Guidelines for the Maritime Expert Witness, which he has collated, written the introduction to and edited. The 76-page guide is available from the Nautical Institute’s website.
Dear Sir I read with great interest the story in the March News Bulletin regarding the windmill blades and various assets outsizing the available vessels. This is all too true.
We undertake a large amount of work with MVOW (MHI Vestas Offshore Wind) and supervise the transport of all their blades for offshore installations which is presently a bit of a workup as these are made on the Isle of Wight (IOW) and then barged to Fawley for painting and framing and then barged (again) into Portsmouth for loading to ships. Batches are now up to 15 x 80m blades per shipment, the blades weigh approximately 32-tonne a piece but with their large stacking frames on are almost 60-tonne each (the stacking frames are huge). There are logistical limitations in both the IOW which can only be accessed at HW and also in Fawley where the inlet width prevents anything much larger than Bladerunner II entering, so we can only move one blade at a time. Loading is a long operation with the turnaround time Fawley to Portsmouth being approx. 3.5hrs per blade, x 15 is three rather long blades working 24/7.
Vestas had an issue with ship supply as the typical geared ships with large enough hold to get blades stacked under deck and on deck are in short supply (so much so that we had the BBC Lisbon and BBC Livorno on permanent charter for almost two years for the Burbobank project build). Vestas soon realised that this was not cost effective and had their own ships build. We assisted in the loading and securing system integration and the training of the Portsmouth stevedores on how to use them as we use stacking cones and lever arm tensioners for securing, a good system (why no one thought of a uniform twist lock system is beyond me). The system works well though. Vestas still have several vessels on charter but around the UK. Currently on the SEAGREEN build they have three of their own specialised vessels running around - the Vestvind, Bravewind and Boldwind.
Lee Warltier
Managing Director Sterling Global Marine Ltd
If you missed the announcement about the launch of the new WhatsApp group but are a UK based yacht and small craft surveyor, you are welcome and encouraged to join. Please email Rosie Webb at
info@iims.org.uk and she can make the arrangements to include you.
32 | The Report • June 2022 • Issue 100
Letter to the editor
Member News
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