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Marine surveyors in France work on three seaboards: Dunkirk, Le Havre and Rouen on the Channel, Nantes, La Rochelle and Bordeaux on the Atlantic, and Toulon on the Mediterranean. France is in the Paris MOU, and joined the Mediterranean MOU on 1 January 2026.
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Marine & Ship's Services provides technical consultancy to the shipping industry from an address on Rue de l'ĂŽlon in France. Its work covers vetting, cargo work, annual safety inspections, condition and damage surveys, supervision of repairs, follow-up surveys of newbuildings and training, and it takes worldwide assignments at short notice around the clock. Reports come in English or French and are illustrated with many photos.
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Sailing Survey Expertise is the marine and inland-waterway survey practice of AB Conseil et Audit, set up by Alexandre Benedetto after more than twenty years in the leisure boating trade. From Trégueux in the Côtes d'Armor it covers the Channel and Atlantic coasts and travels further on request. Its surveys of sailing yachts, multihulls and motor boats cover pre-purchase and pre-insurance condition and value, damage after a claim, and contested surveys in disputes, each built on more than 150 check points, and it advises on new builds and yard work.
Oulds Yacht Services SAS is the firm of Keith Oulds, a Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) registered as a large yacht and small craft surveyor in France. The IIMS entry names Port of La Rochelle among the ports covered. Its IIMS entry lists pre-purchase surveys, flag state inspections, tonnage measurement and insurance and valuation surveys.
Lockhart Marine Survey is the firm of Paul Lockhart, a Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) registered as a large yacht and small craft surveyor in France. Ports listed on its IIMS entry include Port of Antibes. Qualifications recorded there include Diploma in Marine Surveying (Yahcht & Small Craft). Its IIMS entry lists pre-purchase surveys, tonnage measurement, insurance and valuation surveys and damage surveys.
Ogden & Associates is the practice of Simon Malnoe, who appears in the 2016/2017 SAMS membership roster as an Accredited Marine Surveyor. Accreditation areas shown on the roster are yachts and small craft. The roster gives the office address as Domaine Saint Pierre, 1770 Chemin du Malvan, Saint Paul de Vence, France 06570. The company is also listed in the YDSA find-a-surveyor directory and the Ruzave shipping directory.
Leeshore Marine is the firm of Lee Cudmore-Ray, an Associate member of the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) registered as a large yacht and small craft surveyor, based in Alcoutim, France. Its IIMS entry lists tonnage measurement. The listing gives a phone number and an email address.
Independent Marine Surveys is one of the companies the Bahamas Maritime Authority lists as flag state inspectors for Le Havre, with its coverage given as Le Havre, French Channel & Atlantic Coast. The entry names Jean-Marc Garcon as the contact. It gives an address at 39 rue Alexandre, Le Havre 76620. The listing gives a phone number and an email address.
Shipping Audit Survey carries out ship inspections in Marseille using a team of qualified chemists, with an office on Traverse RĂ©gny. Its work ranges from gas-free certification and chemical analysis to bunker and on/off-hire surveys, with the aim of keeping working spaces safe and vessels compliant with regulations.
Morbihan Yacht Survey is run by a surveyor who spent a decade delivering power and sailing yachts, monohulls and multihulls, after postgraduate work in oceanography, before moving into full-time surveying. He holds the IIMS Diploma in Small Craft Surveying and lists IIMS and YDSA memberships. Services include pre-purchase, condition, insurance and damage surveys, valuations, engine surveys, small commercial vessel coding and new-build supervision for yachts and pleasure craft.
Experts & Consultants is a Marseille practice of marine and industrial experts working for shipowners, insurers, lawyers, brokers and industrial clients. Its fields are the maritime industry, construction follow-up, offshore and marine renewable energy projects, hull and machinery, and subsea cables, and it puts together surveyors with different technical backgrounds for each case. The office is in the Immeuble Ponant Littoral on Avenue André Roussin in the 16th arrondissement.
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