Editor’s Letter Dear IIMS Member


This is a rather different Report Magazine to what you are used to reading and for good reason. This edition is slanted much more towards IIMS matters with lesser emphasis on other marine surveyor related articles. I make no apology for that and, as you ‘thumb through’ this edition of The Report, it will soon become apparent why.


Last year, IIMS members approved a vote for the Institute to search and purchase a property by mortgage when the lease on Murrills House, our current location, expires in February 2020. In a strange turn of events, IIMS is now closing in on the purchase of Murrills House, which is set to become the new permanent headquarters for the Institute. With this in mind, I have devoted a dozen pages in this issue to explain our reasoning and to share with you the astonishing history of Murrills House, which can be traced back some 500 years; and it is a fascinating story.


IIMS would like your help and I am unashamedly reaching out to the members and other supporters of the Institute to invite you to make a financial donation towards the


President: Capt Zarir Irani (FIIMS) Immediate Past President: Mr Adam Brancher (FIIMS)


property purchase and essential maintenance. Any financial donation will not simply go to the bottom line of the business. Rather, we plan to invest it in paying for the stamp duty on the property purchase with any balance left being put towards replacement windows and so on. All those who choose to make a donation (unless done so anonymously) - no matter how small - will be recognised with a special, individual Founders Plaque displayed permanently at the offices. We have made it simple to donate by setting up a ‘Just Giving’ page at https://bit.ly/2VU4Qnr. Please turn to page 36 to learn about the rich history of the ancient Murrills House.


Thinking about Conferences, the first announcement is made of the two- day seminar that we have organized in Brisbane, Australia on 1st and 2 August. I hope our members in Australia and New Zealand will take advantage of the range of speakers and excellent content we have lined up and I hope to meet a number of you in person. News is also starting to emerge about the IIMS UAE Branch bi-annual Conference taking place in Dubai on November 20 to celebrate the branch’s 10th


anniversary. What


makes this event even more special is that it is being held aboard the QEII, an


Chief Executive Officer: Mr Mike Schwarz Head Office Team


Mrs Camella Robertson ....Membership Secretary & Office Manager Mrs Tania Bernice .............Certifying Authority Administrator Mr David Parsons .............Administrative, Services & Social Media Co-ordinator Miss Lorna Robinson ........Education, Training & Events Co-ordinator Mr Craig Williams.............Graphic Designer


inspired choice in my opinion. Watch for more details coming soon.


Elsewhere in this edition, you can learn about some of the challenges associated with the carriage of soya bean cargoes (page 56). Pitfall in Deep Water Pipe-Lay – A Marine Warranty Surveyor’s Perspective by Cdr Balakrishnan G Nair (page 48) is a well authored article explaining how something seemingly quite simple can become complicated when it goes wrong!


The subject of unnecessary deaths in enclosed and confined spaces is one that just will not go away. I have penned a short article on the back of recent statistics which have shown last year to be the worst since records began back in the last century. Please, don’t allow yourself to become a statistic. Read the article on page 62, risk assess when faced with a confined space and take care.


Survey well.


Mike Schwarz Chief Executive Officer International Institute of Marine Surveying


Vice President: Mr Geoff Waddington (FIIMS) Deputy Vice President: Mr Peter Broad (FIIMS)


Miss Jen Argent ................Management Accountant Miss Elly Bryant ................Accounts Support Administrator Mrs Hilary Excell ...............Marine Surveying Academy Business Manager Mrs Pui Si Chung ..............MSA Accreditation Scheme Administrator Mrs Sharon Holland .........MSA Events & Course Co-ordinator


Tel: +44 (0) 23 9238 5223 | Email: info@iims.org.uk | IIMS, Murrills House, 48 East Street, Portchester, Hampshire, PO16 9XS, UK | www.iims.org.uk © The International Institute of Marine Surveying 2019 - The Institute and authors accept no responsibility for any opinions, statements or errors made in any article, feature or letter published in this Magazine.


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