The Report Magazine

The 132-page March 2024 Report magazine – edition 107 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 107 include:
– Transporting lithium-ion batteries: identifying and addressing the risks
– Coal cargoes: Avoiding explosion and self-heating
– Things a survey can’t find
– The birth and history of motorboating
– Marine insurance in an increasingly volatile world
– Tips for effective cargo hold cleaning
– Do you know when fire protection systems onboard should be inspected?
– Saving the Panama Canal will take years and cost billions
– Surveying a future beyond Lloyds Register with Iain Wilson

Read the March 2024 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine March 2024

The 144-page December 2023 Report magazine – edition 106 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

– What a small craft surveyor should inspect
– The dangers and challenges of lithium-ion batteries and fires: What we have learnt and know now
– Wind power developments for sailing boats into headwinds
– Safe working conditions remain an issue on board vessels visiting Australia
– Supramax detention in Immingham Port: A PSC case study
– Rules for expert witnesses
– Cargo packing matters: Amended Dangerous Goods regulation are mandatory from January 2024
– On the subject of Orca attacks
– With each passing year: A review of IIMS activities in 2023

Read the December 2023 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine December 2023

The 140-page September 2023 Report magazine – edition 105 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Some of the key features are:
– The Future of AI in Marine Cargo Survey Businesses
– A comprehensive look at the future of yachting
– When the numbers become dangerous: An opinion article by Michael Grey
– The history of ceramic coatings
– The Green and Digital Corridors
– Bills of lading: Basic concepts and issues
– How digitisation can enhance safety and contribute towards a greener future
– Mounting calls for leisure marine sector legislation on overboard discharge

Read the September 2023 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine September 2023.

The 144-page June 2023 Report magazine – edition 104 – has been published and can be read in pdf or eReader formats.

Some of the key features are:
– Safety tips for handling energy sources onboard
– New AMSA report raises concerns about the alarming increase in vessel fires
– The restoration of the 127-year-old large classic yacht Cariad: Marine surveyors in a project management role
– The marine carriage of nurdles will be regulated but how and when is the question
– The Rise of the Super RIB
– Seafarers desperately need training to handle explosive lithium-ion batteries
– A new era in Greek national maritime legislation began on 1 May 2023
– Water Revolution Foundation issues call for superyacht sector to become green faster

Read the June 2023 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine June 2023

The 132-page March 2023 Report magazine – edition 103 – is available to read.

Some of the key features are:
– Minimum steel thickness for narrowboats: Special feature
– The opportunities and challenges presented by report writing software
– Is lithium-ion the ideal battery?
– State the facts and only the facts in post-incident reporting
– Key trends driving marine insurance claims activity from fire to inflation
– Beware of the danger of in-transit fumigation
– Firefighting at sea – Towards a safe ship concept
– What lessons could be learned by the Suez Canal Authorities from the Ever Given grounding?
– Finding the cracks before they appear

Read the March 2023 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine March 2023

The 128-page December Report magazine – edition 102 – is available to read.

Some of the key features are:
– Marine Surveyors: Your Life in Their Hands
– Effective and regular vessel maintenance can prevent machinery failures
– Loss prevention measures for the carriage of electrically powered refrigerated containers in cargo holds
– Guidance for the shipment of project and equipment cargoes
– Sustainability Whitepaper LNG as marine fuel
– Parsing the BIMCO emission trading scheme allowances clause
– Containership 2050: When the box becomes the customer
– Total Methane and CO2 Emissions from Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier Ships: The First Primary Measurements
– 2022: The year that went by in a flash

Read the December 2022 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine December 2022

The 101st edition – the September 2022 Report magazine – is available to read

Some of the main features and articles include:
– What changes to SOLAS 2024?
– Blistering barnacles! The sticky problem of biofouling
– Modernising the handling of Safety Management Systems for better efficiency
– Advancing sailing technology with safety in mind
– Eliminating the risk of container stack collapses
– Time for transparency about accidents
– How independent are you?
– Marine safety must never become a box-ticking exercise
– Decarbonisation and Alternative Fuels FAQs

Read the September 2022 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine September 2022

The June 2022 The Report Magazine is the 100th edition. The publication has come a long way over the years. These days, The Report is widely read by many thousands.

Some of the feature articles to whet your appetite include:
– 10 awesome ships that were never built
– The emperor has no clothes
– Wonders of Britain’s inland waterways
– The challenging project that is dry-docking
– Going to Court
– 10 best practices for a successful superyacht refit
– The Art of Communication
– BIMCO EEXI transition clause for time charterparties
– Knowing how to stay the course: The story of one man and the Endurance

Read the June 2022 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine June 2022

The key highlights of this 124 page edition of the Report include:

– Maritime Safety Report 2012-2021: a decade of progress
– Getting to zero coalition – Closing the Gap: A new report
– Superyacht building boom creates a supply crunch and crew shortage for ultrarich buyers
– Why are shipping containers lost at sea and where do they end up?
– Good bunkering practice and guidance
– Material obsession. From wood to window frames and rock, boatbuilding has never been so eclectic
– Aluminium versus steel boat hulls. Discuss
– Forensic Accounting in Marine Claims and Cargo Losses
– IIMS President speaks out about interpretation
– Four inefficient shipping regulations that no one talks about
– 3D Scanning and Fusion 360 in Traditional Boat Building

Read the March 2022 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine March 2022

The highlights and feature articles of this bumper 132-page edition include:

– The state of Superyachting
– The missing question from the NTSB Report on MV Golden Ray: WHY?
– Measuring the impact of extreme waves on offshore structures
– Scuppered dreams and abandoned boats – an environmental threat in pictures
– Green building – the future of boatbuilding
– Green Shipping: The not-so-distant future?
– Could disruptive technologies in container ports and terminals be a game-changer?
– Bottom Fouling: Whose head does it fall on?
– Campaign to save and renovate a once great ship
– The story of one stuck humble box of fertilizer highlights the global supply chain crisis
– Review of the 2021 year

Read the December 2021 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine December 2021

The highlights and feature articles of this bumper 132 page edition include:

– COP26 and the road to global net zero. A special 26 page Report Magazine supplement
– Seacor Power: A sobering note on incident reporting
– The synthetic rigging revolution continues
– Ever Given fiasco illustrates the importance of the shipping container
– Hold cleaning and the legal issues
– New Zealand is the innovation nation for marine technology
– Turning Tides: The new wave of e-boats taking to the seas
– The reinvention of our ports is underway as part of the Green Transition
– Nerves of Steel: Fleet-wide implementation of the next-generation hull integrity monitoring
– An introduction to risk analysis
– A day in the life of Oli Byles

Read the September 2021 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: The Report Magazine September 2021

The highlights and feature articles of this special 136 page edition (the biggest ever) to mark the 30th anniversary of IIMS include:

– The design of cathodic protection schemes for canal craft
– Seafarers ‘N’ Ever Given respect. What will we do this time so that history is not repeated?
– Containers overboard – is theory overtaking practice?
– Stitch by stitch: The art of sail making is alive and flourishing
– Could our ‘old friend’, the wind, be the solution to reducing the fuel consumption of ships?
– Seaman’s Manslaughter: An arcane US statute turned enforcement risk
– Elevators on ships – failures, service and maintenance
– How well does Cathodic protection negate corrosion when used in seawater filtration?
– A personal account of gender diversity at sea
– A look back at 30 years of IIMS history and articles by a number of Past Presidents
– A day in the life of Nick Parkyn

Read the June 2021 Report Magazine online in e-reader format or in pdf format: The Report Magazine June 2021