Cargo Damage Surveying, Marine Surveys

Pirie and Smith Limited provide the following additional services:

•   Expert Witness and Arbitration services, including technical advice to Lawyers
•   Cargo Damage Surveying Our extensive experience includes: Inspection of perishable and non-perishable
         goods e.g. Potatoes, Personal Effects, Timber, Paper Pulp, Fertiliser, Slurry, Offshore Drilling Fluids, Steel Pipe
         cargoes etc for various shippers, receivers and Protection and Indemnity Associations
•   Draught Surveys with associated dead-weight/lightship calculations
•   Sea Fastening recommendation and verification for special cargoes
•   Towage Approvals

Pirie and Smith Limited also provide a specialist survey service to the Fishing Industry. With our extensive knowledge of Steel, Aluminium, Timber and GRP constructed fishing vessels, we are recognised as one of the leading surveyors of fishing vessels, not only in the United Kingdom, but World-wide. Our service includes Condition and Valuation surveys, for Owners, Banks and Financial Institutions. Also hull and machinery damage surveys for leading Underwriters and vessel Insurers.

Pirie and Smith have experienced surveyors who are registered examiners for the certification of compliance with the Codes of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor and Sailing Vessels, Workboats and Pilot Boats. This service being carried out through the offices of The Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, to which our surveyors are members.

Our surveyors are also members of The Federation of European Maritime Associations of Surveyors and Consultants.

The company has been assessed and approved by QAS International to the ISO 9001 : 2008 management systems, standards and guidelines.