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REPORT The Magazine of the International Institute of Marine Surveying The role of the marine surveyor ...a P&I Club’s perspective REPOrt ON THE IIMS MUMBAI SYMPOSIUM THE FUTURE OF THE ISM CODE THE CASE FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY How to survey IN MARITIME SURVEYS wooden boats REVIEW OF 2018 ...a step by step guide THE REPORT The Magazine of the International Institute of Marine Surveying DECEMBER 2018 • IssuE 86 Contents 04 • EditOR’S LEttER 62 • AFTER A caREER at SEA, WHY NOT WORK AS A 05 • THE PRESIDENT’S MARINE CONSULtaNT? 36 COLUMN 66 • MICRO ROVs ENABLERS 06 • IIMS ORGANisatiON FOR MARINE SURVEYORS AND STRUctURE 70 • CARGO INTEGRITY - 07 • MARINE NEWS tHE NEED FOR A 13 • SAFETY BRIEFINGS UNIFIED APPROacH 18 • MEMBER NEWS 74 • SHIPPING FEARS ENGINE 25 • REPORT ON FAILURES AS INDUSTRY tHE IIMS INDIA sWitcHES TO LOW BRANCH MUMBAI sULPHUR FUEL SYMPOSIUM 2018 76 • THE CASE FOR 28 • ARE YOU maKING PHOTOGRammETRY IN 25 tHE MOST OF YOUR MARITIME SURVEYS IIMS MEMBERSHIP? 80 • NEW PRODUCTS 30 • 2018 - A YEAR OF 84 • A daY IN THE LIFE OF... PEAKS AND TROUGHS MILIND TamBE 36 • THE ROLE OF THE maRINE SURVEYOR - a P&I CLUb’S 43 PERSPEctivE 43 • TWENTY YEARS OF 76 tHE ISM CODE - SO WHat NEXT? 46 • LOAD MEASUREMENT FOR vaLidatiON AND data COLLEctiON 50 • HOW TO SURVEY 50 WOODEN BOats The Report • December 2018 • Issue 86 | 3 Editor’s Letter Dear IIMS Member his expertly written, in depth feature Reviewing the year has become on this subject – see page 50. something of a tradition for me Preparing each issue of The Report now. I am a firm believer that it is Magazine is great fun and a job Photogrammetry may be a new important to mark an organisation’s that I always enjoy. It is a labour of word to some readers, but in an progress and to share the successes love in many respects and getting interview with Experts-Yachts’ and challenges faced too. You can the balance of content right is Jean Sans, he explains the case find my slightly longer than usual, a challenge. Then it is a case of for photogrammetry and its use honest and frank review of 2018 commissioning suitable writers who in marine surveying. Read Jean’s starting on page 30. are experts in their field to prepare interview from page 76. relevant content. So much of The Honorary Fellow and ex India Report magazine content these days Charlie Carter has authored an Branch Regional Director, Milind is especially written for you and I am informative piece in which he argues Tambe, is featured in ‘A day in the most grateful to those authors who that the sailing world is ready for life of’ and as you will discover give their time for your benefit. technology revolution. With hi-tech from page 84, he is a man of data acquisition systems becoming considerable hidden talents. I promised to deliver more editorial more affordable, he believes we will content for yacht and small craft be seeing some exiting new products There is a wealth of membership surveyors in this issue of the Report reaching the market in the coming news to catch up on, including a and believe that box is firmly ticked. years. See page 46. roundup of the many successful The role of the marine surveyor - a training events and seminars we P&I club’s perspective is one of two The ISM Code has celebrated its have run recently, including the one lead articles. Jason Wee is Claims twentieth birthday in 2018. I am day India Branch Symposium held Director at Charles Taylor Mutual grateful to Yves Vandenborn, who in Mumbai. Management (Asia) Pte. Limited, acknowledges the progress made, but managers of The Standard Club Asia believes that the Code can be further If you celebrate Christmas, it only Ltd and is perfectly placed to share adapted in the years ahead in what is remains for me to wish you all the his opinions. In his article he explains an insightful article on page 43. best for the festive period, good clearly and concisely the role of the luck and much success for 2019. surveyor and what the P&I club looks Past President, Capt Bertrand Apperry, for and expects. theorises in his article from page 62 Survey well. about - After a career at sea, why not Surveying a wooden boat is work as a marine consultant? Nick something surveyors in the UK do less Parkyn discusses micro ROVs enablers and less of, but I am well aware that for marine surveyors - see page 66; wood remains an essential material Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) tackles the elsewhere in the world. Therefore topic of shipping fears engine failures Mike Schwarz I am grateful to Mike Andrews, a as industry switches to low sulphur Chief Executive Officer specialist wooden boat surveyor, for fuel (page 74). International Institute of Marine Surveying President: Capt Zarir Irani (FIIMS) Chief Executive Officer: Mr Mike Schwarz Vice President: Mr Geoff Waddington (FIIMS) Immediate Past President: Mr Adam Brancher (FIIMS) Deputy Vice President: Mr Peter Broad (FIIMS) Head Office Team Mrs Camella Robertson ....Membership Secretary & Office Manager Miss Jen Argent ................Management Accountant Mrs Tania Bernice .............Certifying Authority Administrator Miss Elly Bryant ................Accounts Support Administrator Mr David Parsons .............Administrative, Services & Social Media Co-ordinator Mrs Hilary Excell ...............Marine Surveying Academy Business Manager Miss Cathryn Ward ...........Education, Training & Events Co-ordinator Mrs Pui Si Chung ..............MSA Accreditation Scheme Administrator Mr Craig Williams.............Graphic Designer Mrs Sharon Holland .........MSA Events & Course Co-ordinator Tel: +44 (0) 23 9238 5223 | Email: [email protected] | IIMS, Murrills House, 48 East Street, Portchester, Hampshire, PO16 9XS, UK | www.iims.org.uk © The International Institute of Marine Surveying 2018 - The Institute and authors accept no responsibility for any opinions, statements or errors made in any article, feature or letter published in this Magazine. 4 | The Report • December 2018 • Issue 86 The President’s Column Dear IIMS Member as to how it was conducted and a huge contribution on how the a lot of kudos should go to the conference flowed and how it was Good day from sunny Dubai. I IIMS team at our headquarters at received. Full marks to the Indian write to you with a great deal of Portchester who were responsible branch and we look forward to enthusiasm and optimism for 2019. for coordinating it and making many more successful conferences I say this because it will be our UAE it such a success. If I have one like this. Branch’s 10th anniversary year. And small observation is was that in readiness, we have already kick unfortunately we had very little In the meantime I have been started our preparations for the involvement from the students and receiving a large number of emails IIMS Dubai Conference to be held the younger members amongst our from members and there is a lot in November 2019. Our Conference surveying fraternity. It was targeted of positive feedback as to how the partner will be Maritime Sky and towards those amongst our group Institute has made a conscious the venue will be on board the who operate in inconvenient time effort to reach out to the global famous Queen Elizabeth 2 which is zones and who do not have the fraternity recently, its branches and docked at Port Rashid in the heart opportunity to travel frequently. I the members who are operating of old Dubai. As I write the final sincerely hope that they have seen far and wide. I look forward to dates are being checked for any the value in it and will participate in working with Mike and his team at conflicts and you will be notified the next one in larger numbers. Headquarters to continue to make as soon as they are finalized. our institute move ahead with The IIMS Mumbai symposium technological advances and a very We are extremely excited about which I attended on 10th October positive outlook towards improving the conference which will mark 2018 was a great success. One of professionalism not just closer to such a milestone and please accept the highlights was the attendance home but also in the wider marine this as an early invitation to those of the Indian Director General of surveying fraternity globally. who intend participating at this Shipping, Dr. Malini Shankar who conference. I personally assure you personally opened the conference. It I end with wishing each one of you that it will be a conference well was very rewarding to see the senior a very happy holiday season with worth attending. professionals amongst us, having friends and family, and here’s to a such lively discussions at the end of great 2019 ahead. Saying that, we have had good practically every speaking session. response to our Marine Surveying International Fest webinar on the The conference was kept to a tight 6th and 7th November 2018 in schedule by the organizer M/s. which we collaborated with the Offing and the presenters were Capt. Zarir Irani, President Nautical Institute. I personally required to keep strictly to their 20 International Institute of Marine Surveying received a lot of positive responses minute slots. The audience made Email: [email protected] The Report • December 2018 • Issue 86 | 5 IIMS Organisation & Structure Directors of IIMS and Management Board Members Other Management Board Members Capt Allen Brink HonFIIMS Capt John Noble HonFIIMS, Chairman Administration & Education Capt Chris Kelly FIIMS, Chairman Professional Assessment Committee Mr Paul Homer HonFIIMS, Chairman Standards Mr Fraser Noble FIIMS, Chairman Certifying Authority & Finance Mr John Excell FIIMS, Chairman of Yacht & Small Craft Surveying Mr John Heath HonFIIMS, Technical Director Mr James Renn FIIMS, USA In-Country Representative Mr Geo Waddington FIIMS, Vice President Capt Zarir Irani FIIMS, President, Regional Director Mr Adam Brancher FIIMS, Immediate Past President Regional Directors In-Country Edward OConnor, Canada Representatives Mr Monday Ogadina, West Africa Mr R Rozar, Reunion & Mauritius Eng.