Marine Surveyors in the United States: Gulf, Coastal and Lakes Ports

Marine surveyors in the United States work a coastline that stretches from Houston and New Orleans on the Gulf, through Norfolk, New York City and Boston, to Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle, plus Great Lakes ports like Cleveland. Foreign-flag ships face USCG examinations, so check requirements first.

1,105 Surveyors
528 Ports
867 Companies
238 Individuals

Regulatory facts

PSC regime: US Coast Guard national PSC program; Tokyo MOU (observer)
ECA status: Partly in ECAs: North American ECA (all main coasts, main Hawaiian Islands); US Caribbean ECA (Puerto Rico, USVI)
Maritime administration: United States Coast Guard

Professionals in United States

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Sabine Marine Group Inc.

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Metairie, United States

58 Years in business

Sabine Surveyors was founded in 1968 by Don Hale, a 1948 graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy, and now has nine offices: Corpus Christi, Houston, Port Arthur, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Mobile, Cape Canaveral, Norfolk and Paducah. It recruits both seasoned surveyors and new maritime graduates. Work includes bulk and project cargo, H&M, damage, P&I and on/off-hire surveys, appraisals, vessel and management audits, shipyard representation and Subchapter M compliance. It holds ISO 9001 and 14001 and belongs to AWO and OMSA.

Bunker Surveys P& I Condition Survey Vessel Technical Inspections

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Dexter A. Holaday II Marine Surveyor LLC

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North Kingstown, United States

55 Years in business

Dexter A. Holaday II, NAMS-CMS, is a second-generation surveyor who took over his family's survey business, founded in 1971, in 2015 and works from offices in Connecticut and Rhode Island. He started at Noank Shipyard in 1985, where five generations of his family have now worked, and graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1995. Over 30 years he managed Noank Shipyard, built and ran Black Swan Marina and Bayreuther Boat Yard, and ran the service department at Brewer Yacht Yard in Cowesett for over a decade.

Damage Survey Vessel Condition Assessment Vessel S&P Condition Assessment

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Geisel Marine Investigations

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Richmond, United States

51 Years in business

Geisel Marine Investigations checks the condition of goods during transport and storage, looking for damage, temperature problems and discrepancies in breakbulk shipments, including perishables. Owner Richard Geisel has been surveying since 1975, and the firm covers the ports of Richmond and Norfolk in Virginia, Wilmington in North Carolina and Houston. Its work includes reporting to cargo owners, lines and insurers, damage assessment and mitigation, and discharge survey management.

Bunker Surveys Damage Survey On-Hire/Off-Hire Surveys

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Jonathan K. Klopman Marine Surveyor

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Marblehead, United States

47 Years in business

Jonathan K. Klopman entered the marine trade in 1979 and has been surveying for over 35 years. His firm specialises in investigating recreational boating accidents and giving expert testimony, using root cause analysis and forensic photography. Typical cases include accident reconstruction where impact angle and speed must be worked out, engine failures, and rigging failures, where his background as a rigger helps.

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G-B Marine Services, Inc.

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United States

42 Years in business

G-B Marine Services, Inc. became a corporation in September 1984 and has worked in the Mid-Atlantic since then. It represents owners during custom builds and major refits of wood or fibreglass boats, provides captains for deliveries and training, and surveys vessels for purchase, insurance, refinancing, donations and estates as well as damage claims for insured or insurer. Principal surveyor William Woodside is a SAMS AMS, and the firm is accredited in the ABYC standards.

Damage Survey Vessel Condition Assessment Vessel S&P Condition Assessment

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Independent Marine Surveyors, Inc.

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Fort Myers, United States

40 Years in business

Independent Marine Surveyors, Inc. has surveyed boats since 1986 from Safety Street in Fort Myers, Florida. Steve Berlin and Richard Cain started it, and it has been owned and run by Steve since 1989. He has been a SAMS member since 1989 and AMS #309 since 1994, and is also an ABYC and NFPA member. His family built fibreglass fishing and passenger boats in Panama City in the 1970s, and he later worked five years as a safety coordinator in British Columbia.

Damage Survey Vessel S&P Condition Assessment Vessel Technical Inspections

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Bunker A Hill Marine Surveyors

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Newport Beach, United States

36 Years in business

Bunker A Hill Marine Surveyors was founded in 1990 by Bunker A Hill, who has more than 30 years of marine surveying behind him, and is now run by him together with his son. The firm surveys fine yachts, sport fishing boats and sailing vessels for buyers, owners and insurers, and gives a mailing address in Newport Beach, California.

Bunker Surveys Vessel Condition Assessment Vessel S&P Condition Assessment

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Douglass Marine Co.

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Islamorada, United States

32 Years in business

Douglass Marine Company LLC was started on April 1, 1994 by Captains Keith and Diane Douglass, both SAMS Accredited Marine Surveyors and USPAP certified appraisers, to inspect yachts and small commercial craft in South Florida and the Keys. Keith holds a USCG 100-ton master's licence with auxiliary sail endorsement and began sailing on the Chesapeake as a teenager. The firm has surveyed hundreds of vessels, from skiffs to commercial fishing boats and yachts up to 80 ft, and has done inspections for the federal government.

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Mason Marine Surveyors, Inc.

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Stevensville, United States

31 Years in business

Mason Marine Surveyors Inc. has handled marine claims since 1990, concentrating on damage surveys for the insurance market on pleasure craft of every size, commercial vessels and marina liability cases. Its work covers recorded statements, inspections, damage appraisals, forensic investigation and trial testimony, and it also takes aviation claims. The main office is on Romancoke Road in Stevensville, Maryland, with others in New Jersey and Virginia, and its surveyors take assignments along the Gulf and Atlantic seaboards and in the Bahamas and Caribbean, including hurricane catastrophe team deployments.

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Christian & Company, Marine Surveyors & Adjusters

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San Diego, United States

31 Years in business

Christian & Company, Marine Surveyors & Adjusters has surveyed power and sailing boats for over 30 years from Scott Street in San Diego and often travels to Santa Barbara, Marina del Rey, Huntington Beach and Ensenada. Its team includes Christian, AMS #301, and SAMS Surveyor Associate Kells "KC" Manthei. It works on wood, fibreglass, steel, aluminium and ferro-cement hulls, from pleasure craft and yachts to fishing boats, with pre-purchase, condition and valuation surveys, appraisals and damage work.

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