Extract from the Spring 2001 edition of The Report
Responding to a letter published in the Report Magazine by Mr J Silson, Assistant Editor of Yachting Monthly, replies, “You should not be too hard on the surveyors you have talked to. Surveyors report on the condition of the yacht, not its design or intended use. They should certainly be able to comment on structural integrity. But this has nothing to do with the depth of the hull. A boat with low freeboard and a shallow canoe body can be just as strongly built as a deep, long-keeled hull.”
An item from the President’s Report of that year noted the numbers of members continued to grow and was standing at 427. We have had one specific membership problem this year when it was identified that a full member had achieved his membership on the basis of forged documents. The individual is no longer a member of the Institute.
The President added, “The Institute is progressively becoming accepted as an organisation that believes in setting real standards and we will continue to strengthen this by continuing to actively promote the profession.”
Extract from the Winter 2001 edition of The Report
Ian Wilkins, then IIMS Secretary wrote, “For two months this year I was travelling a great deal and used a Psion pocket computer together with a mobile telephone to send and receive emails. This combination of hardware is potentially of great use to a marine surveyor.”
Marine Surveyors & Consultants Summit 2001 It was reported that the basis of the forum was to discuss the merits of a ‘Quality Charter’ for marine surveyors and consultants. A draft of the charter has been circulated and comments invited. The International Institute of Marine Surveying has been pleased to become involved in this process.
Letter to the editor Dear Sir, I was particularly interested in the document Marine Surveyors and Risk Issues. Here in Canada (and elsewhere in the world) we have the ongoing problem that anyone can hang up their shingle and call themselves a marine surveyor. Thereafter it is a case of caveat emptor. As IIMS continues to grow and flourish the problem may be resolved in time, but in the meantime the Institute only represents a tiny fraction of people acting as marine surveyors.
Clifford Parfett
Extracts from Issue 4 2001 edition of The Report
Written by author unknown: While most industry associations have a clearly defined membership and work programmes with a sharp focus, the International Institute of Marine Surveying is faced with the challenge of serving a very broad church - perhaps the broadest of any in the maritime sector. Marine surveyors come in all shapes and sizes, providing a vast array of services to a client base that encompasses every party involved with the design, construction and operation of ships, boats and marine structures.
Letter to the editor from Peter Crowley: Just a quickie to say thank you and the IIMS for an enjoyable evening. I felt pretty rough before and was not at my best - until I arrived and bumped into old friend after old friend - and then made some new ones too. A perfect combination of setting, booze, food and company. I hope the bill will be worth the pleasure you brought to us all.
Extracts from Issue 1 2002 edition of The Report
Notice is hereby given of IIMS Certifying Authority registration: May we advise that the necessary administration is now in place and will, therefore, allow the immediate commencement of examinations within individual member’s categories, as detailed in the codes.
Letter to the editor: I had reason to speak with my insurance broker when he passed on the ‘good’ news that at the next renewal my firm’s P&I insurers are pulling out of that particular insurance field due to the high numbers of claims for the so-called osmosis effect. He then advised me that the insurance companies remaining in the field intended to pick and choose the surveyors they will insure and that annual premiums will undergo a massive hike of up to 80%! Jeffrey Casciani-Wood
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