Dorset Marine Surveys

06/05/2026

An interesting couple of days on the French Riveria. A code survey annual and plenty of product research and CPD.

30/03/2026

2 years ago today our founder Mark Lockie lost his fight with Pancreatic Cancer and passed away. He would be pleased to see that the business he created is still going and in actual fact going from strength to strength. It’s been a difficult 2 years but we are adjusting gradually and finding our way. Have a wee dram for us all!!

19/02/2026

We have been quiet on here for a while which means we have been extremely busy. Since the beginning of December we have been to Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, East Anglia, and several visits to Devon , among other places in between. Not to mention overseas work in Gibraltar Spain and France
Bunker surveys, cargo surveys, on hire surveysrebuilds of a damaged Workboats, multiple Workboats code 3 Gap analysis and even squeezed in a tow warranty survey. We have had record levels of work for for December, January and Feb is looking like its going to break the records again. We still have a few dates available for Feb now please do get in touch for any of your requirements.

27/01/2026

An interesting vessel today. A Wally Yacht. Dad worked on several iconic Wally Yachts many years ago so it's now gone full circle and it's my turn. It was certainly unique and felt quite stylish. Even if a little futuristic. Won thing for sure is that you don't buy a Wally to blend into the background. This one certainly doesn't!!
A New Forest District Council Commercial Pleasure Boat Licence inspection carried out and passed with flying colours.

20/11/2025

Its finally landed in our inbox. the New Sport and Pleasure Boat Code is out. As always we will be there to support our clients during the change over period. Please see the link below for the document.

The safety of small vessels in commercial use for sport or pleasure – a code of practice

15/07/2025

Today we supervised the unloading of the ship we loaded yesterday!!! It was all part of the plan. To supervise the loading of equipment onto the heavy lift ship Happy Ranger. The cargo is destined for Turkey for Offshore construction work with Subsea 7.
All now loaded and seafastened and underway. They even had a swimming pool onboard!!

14/07/2025

A last minute mobilisation on Sunday to Hartlepool to act as Marine Warranty Survey for a load out of offshore equipment trans-shipment.

09/07/2025

A very hard working vessel (ex MOD landing Craft and now called Atitooq)has undergone 5 year renewals for MCA coding under Workboat Code 3 last week along with a 6000miles round trip including 4 planes, 1 helicopter a boat and a bus to get to the job in Greenland.

23/06/2025

Lets talk Safety Management Systems. (SMS for short).

Within the UK Workboat industry there has been a lot of talk about SMS systems, and certain parts of the industry are now getting close to D-Day and will soon need to comply with Workboat code 3 which means implementing an SMS. Should you need any guidance on this please do give us a call, or drop us a message, whether its implementing a system from scratch or just tweaking a long established system, we are here to help.

There are various systems available however just purchasing one of these isn't the full answer however they will help. The system you choose needs to be tailored to your operation and vessel and should be audited to check compliance.

We are able to provide an systematic impartial view of your operation drawing from our extensive knowledge of the workboat and shipping sectors to guide you and provide a way forwards and always tailoring our services to your particular needs. All our auditors are ISM lead auditors.

Get ahead of the game and book an audit today!

10/05/2025

this week we mobilised to Rotterdam to carry out a coding with the survey starting in an unusual place. The out of water survey was carried out within the hold of a container ship. Metal was been unloaded using a floating crane to tugboat to a nearby Marina within carried out the survey as usual.