What is the role of marine surveyor?

Answer 1

A Marine Surveyor may perform the following tasks: * Conduct surveys throughout the ship's life (building new ship, annual survey, interim survey, special survey) to ensure standards are maintained; * Perform inspections required by domestic statutes and international conventions by IMO * Witness tests and operation of emergency and safety machinery and equipment; * Measure ships for tonnage and survey them for load line assignment; * Attend court as an expert witness and assist in coroner's inquiries; * Investigate marine accidents.

Marine Surveyor is a person who conducts inspections, surveys or examinations of marine vessels to assess, monitor and report on their condition and the products one them. Marine Surveyors also inspect equipment intended for new or existing vessel to ensure compliance with various standards or specifications. Marine surveys typically include the structure, machinery and equipment (navigational, safety, radio etc.) and general condition of a vessel. It also includes judging materials on board and their condition Marine Surveying has a noble history that goes back hundreds if not thousands of years. As long as there have been boats there have been people who specialized in inspecting them for quality and safety and recommending repairs. Over the past few hundred years, as ships and shipping technology began to evolve as a major source of transportation and commerce, Marine Surveying has emerged as a well-defined profession with its own principles, practices, societies and ethics codes.