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Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors newsletter! This month, we bring you the latest SOMWS news and updates. Click here to download the SOMWS November 2024 Newsletter.
Welcome to the October 2024 edition of the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors newsletter! Click here to download the SOMWS October 2024 Newsletter.
Welcome to the September 2024 edition of the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors newsletter! This month, we bring you updates on SOMWS board activities and membership processes. Click here to download the SOMWS September 2024 Newsletter.
We are delighted to inform you that next year’s SOMWS seminar and dinner will take place at Trinity House, Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DH on Wednesday 14th May 2025. Agenda 1530 – Registration and refreshments 1600 to 1800 – Seminar – Further information to follow 1800 to 1930 – Pre dinner drinks and photos 1930 […]
Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors newsletter! This month, we’re excited to bring you: Updates on SOMWS board activities and membership processes A thought-provoking piece on the Northwest Passage as an emerging trade route from James Vavasour, SOMWS board director Insights from Lisa Chines, Chair of the […]
This month we are looking at a few very interesting pieces! First of all, we speak to an underwriter, who talks to us about challenges in the insurance market in the context of MWS service. This is a very interesting read! Besides the valuable information contained in the answers, there is also a view on […]
We are pleased to present the first edition of the SOMWS newsletter. We trust you will find it valuable and informative. SOMWS Newsletter – June 2024
We are delighted to announce the launch of The Len Messenger Award. The Len Messenger Award is to be presented to a candidate who in the opinion of the Board has made an outstanding contribution to the execution or practice of Marine Warranty Surveying throughout the previous year. Our organization owes a debt of thanks […]
We are delighted to inform you that this year’s SOMWS seminar and dinner will take place at Trinity House, Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DH on Wednesday 15th May 2024. The event is titled – Forward, Stronger, Together The event will commence at 1630, followed by a drinks reception at 1830 and dinner, including speakers, at […]
Click here for a copy of a joint JNRC/SOMWS MWS Fundamentals presentation that took place on 20th June 2023. Speakers: Clive Magnus AVP – Energy & Power, CNA Hardy JNRC Chairman Captain Stephen Norman, Master Mariner, FOSOMWS Global Business Development Director, Energy Systems, Noble Denton Marine Services, DNV SOMWS Chairman John Munnings-Tomes, CEng, FIChemE Chief […]
We are delighted to inform you that the first SOMWS event of 2023 will take place at Trinity House, Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DH on Wednesday 24 May 2023. The event is titled – MWS – Past, Present & Future It will commence at 4.30pm, followed by a drinks reception at 6.30pm and dinner, including […]
In the run up to the year end and having seen a significant growth in the number of SOMWS members, it is the right time to provide more insight and update….. See here for further details
Joint Rig Committee (JRC). The JRC have published the Renewables Code of Practice, Renewables Scope of Work and Renewables Certificate of Approval Requirements and Examples and Renewables Marine Warranty Survey Endorsement See here for further details
Joint Rig Committee (JRC) has just published the following Code of Practice JR2021-032 Project Cargo: Code of Practice, Scopes of Work 1-4 and Certificate of Approval Requirements with Example Certificate Templates JR2021-032A Project Cargo Marine Warranty Survey Endorsement For further details click here
Joint Rig Committee (JRC). Lessons Learned The Learning Opportunity Notifications (LON) are provided as an educational resource to raise greater awareness of major Upstream Energy losses and incidents. These Lessons Learned bulletins aim to: assist in the prevention of major incidents reoccurring through information sharing with clients promote easily and readily available retrieval of loss […]
SOMWS held it’s 3rd AGM on Wednesday, 26th May 2021 online due to the current COVID-19 restrictions. James Vavasour chaired the meeting and attached are the Minutes and Chairman’s report from the meeting. SOMWS AGM Minutes 26 May 2021 SOMWS Chair Report May 2021
SOMWS COVID-19 Mission Statement The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge and the Society’s highest priority is to support our members in maintaining Marine Warranty standards and safe practices. On behalf of all the Society we send our most sincere thanks and appreciation to all of those working on MWS projects under COVID-19 restrictive conditions. […]
SOMWS held a successful 2nd AGM on Wednesday, 27th May 2020 online due to the current COVID-19 restrictions. James Vavasour chaired the meeting and attached are the Minutes and Chairman’s report from the meeting. SOMWS AGM Minutes 20200527 Chairs report 20200527
Welcome to the second newsletter updating you with the latest news from SOMWS and the MWS industry at large. Please send any feedback or suggestions to info@somws.org Membership Membership has grown to over 227 individual surveyors split across all four categories of; Oil & Gas Projects, Rigs, Renewables and Cargo. The numbers per category can […]
Welcome to the first of what is hoped to be a quarterly newsletter updating you with the latest news from SOMWS and the MWS industry at large. Please send any feedback or suggestions to info@somws.org Membership Membership has grown to over 170 individual surveyors split across all four categories of; Oil & Gas Projects, Rigs, […]
SOMWS held a successful 1st AGM on Wednesday, 19th June 2019 at Matthews Daniel International in London. Peter Baggaley chaired the meeting and attached are the Minutes and Chairman’s report from the meeting. The Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors was incorporated in 2017 and formally launched at an event in the Lloyd’s Old Library on […]
