Marine Surveyors in the United Kingdom: Port-by-Port Directory

Hiring marine surveyors in the United Kingdom starts with the port: Southampton and London, Liverpool and Manchester, Teesport and Aberdeen on the North Sea, Belfast over the Irish Sea. The UK is a Paris MOU member; its east coast lies in the North Sea ECA.

464 Surveyors
495 Ports
213 Companies
251 Individuals

Regulatory facts

PSC regime: Paris MOU
ECA status: Partly in North Sea ECA (SOx, NOx): east coast and Channel; west coast from 2028 (North-East Atlantic ECA)
Maritime administration: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

Professionals in United Kingdom

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Sollars Marine Surveys

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United Kingdom

Sollars Marine Surveys is run by a surveyor who has worked full time on small craft since 2018 and has more than 40 years around yachts and power craft. He trained in yacht and boat building, holds an IIMS yacht surveying diploma, a Class IV Master's ticket and a commercial Yachtmaster Ocean, skippered a boat in the 1998 Clipper Round the World Race, and later worked at Oyster Marine and Cowes Harbour Commission. He surveys yachts, assesses damage and losses and codes vessels up to 24 m under MCA rules through the IIMS certifying authority.

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Shetland Marineco Ltd

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Lerwick Harbour, United Kingdom

Shetland Marineco Ltd brings together consultants including Peter Broad, a marine engineer and chief engineer with over 40 years at sea, in ship repair, superintendency and shipbuilding and as a class surveyor with Lloyd's Register and DNV, and John Halcrow, who began his sea career in 1976 with Blue Star Line and later worked offshore and on support vessels. Its services include marine warranty and H&M surveys, casualty investigation, expert witness work, audits and refit and new-build supervision. It lists IIMS, IMarEST, IMCA and CIArb.

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Schofield International Ltd

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United Kingdom

Schofield International is an independent survey provider whose stated principles are to treat every subject of survey as if it were the surveyor's own property and to report its condition honestly, without omissions. Its teams plan each appointment ahead, running what it calls a pre-mortem of the project and logistics, and assess the risks involved before attending.

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Scillonian Marine Consultants Ltd Maritime House Hugh Street St Mary's TR21 0LL Isles of Scilly Unit

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Thomas Jackman, United Kingdom

Scillonian Marine Consultants Ltd is based at Maritime House on Hugh Street, St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly. Its people have worked as surveyors and seafarers and have bought and sold superyachts on both sides of a deal. The company offers condition and damage surveys, desktop and on-site valuations, sales and purchase support, incident investigation, dry dock planning and technical management, with managers and superintendents holding Master Mariner or Chief Engineer certificates.

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Marine Counsel Ltd.

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

Marine Counsel Ltd. is a Glasgow company run by former seafarers, including an ex-master mariner who served mostly on chemical and oil tankers. It says it is the only firm carrying out Marshall Islands flag state inspections in Scotland. Its services include vessel inspections, pre-PSC and vetting preparation, audits, warranty and pre-purchase surveys, training and investigations, where its maritime law background helps in dealing with lawyers, H&M underwriters and P&I representatives.

ISM/ISPS/MLC Internal Audit Pre-PSC Inspection Vessel Compliance Audit Services

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London Barge Surveys

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London, United Kingdom

London Barge Surveys focuses on narrowboats, Dutch barges and Humber barges in London and the Home Counties. Its principal surveyor, Rolf Thunecke, qualified as a small craft surveyor at IBTC Lowestoft and has 30 years in the marine field. It offers pre-purchase, insurance, hull, limited scope and tonnage surveys, valuation reports, machinery checks, oil analysis, river and sea trials, project management and deliveries, and publishes sample reports on its site.

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HMS Surveys

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Witney, United Kingdom

HMS Surveys is run by a former Merchant Navy deck officer who went on to work at a boatyard building, maintaining and repairing yachts and small craft in GRP, FRP, steel and aluminium, usually taking charge of technical advice and project management. He trained as a surveyor on the IBTC Lowestoft yacht and small craft course, passing with distinction, and belongs to IIMS, MSA, RINA, YDSA and MECAL. From Witney in Oxfordshire he carries out pre-purchase and condition surveys, stability and consultancy work, and he also runs training courses on electronic navigation aids.

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Hamble Marine Surveys

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Romsey, United Kingdom

Hamble Marine Surveys is owned by principal surveyor Julian Smith, who has gained 25 years of hands-on experience with sail and power vessels worldwide and is on the International Register of Marine Surveyors. Its main areas are surveys for buyers and inspections for MCA coding, and it also carries out damage, insurance, condition and tonnage surveys around Cowes, Portsmouth, Chichester, Southampton, Lymington, Poole and Weymouth. It lists IIMS and YDSA.

Damage Survey P& I Condition Survey Vessel S&P Condition Assessment

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H T Bettle & Co

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Chichester, United Kingdom

H T Bettle & Co is the practice of Henry Bettle, an independent yacht surveyor working from near Chichester on England's south coast. His full surveys may run to two days and look at each item on and inside the boat, with photographs and a concise written report, and he can revisit after recommended work is done. Services include pre-purchase and damage surveys, valuations and stability work, and he lists YDSA and IMarEST.

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Dynamic Surveys

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United Kingdom

Dynamic Surveys, which today belongs to the UK and Malta firm Vassallo Associates, provides marine surveys and consultancy for offshore vessels worldwide, with an address on Old Theatre Street in Valletta. Its surveyors include master mariners and engineers and electrical specialists, all specialising in dynamic positioning. Other services include suitability and tow approval surveys, mooring inspections, casualty investigation, valuations and new-build work, and it lists IMCA and IIMS.

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