Briar Maritime are specialist marine consultants and marine surveyors with expertise in cargo inspection and loss assessments.

• Cargo inspections and / or hull damage investigations by experienced marine surveyors.
• Bulk liquid (oil and chemicals) measurement, including tank calibration and meter calibration.
• Dry cargo surveys, quantity by draft survey and bunker surveys
• High Speed Vessel deliveries and passage planning.
• Audits for ship management, safety management and security procedures. (ISM, ISPS requirements).
• On / Off Hire surveys.
• Container Inspection.
• Training for ship, shore and offshore personnel in tanker safety.
• FPSO, FSU, FSO marine operators training.
• P & I Club correspondents.
• Pre-purchase and condition surveys.

Briar Maritime Services is a company of professional Marine Surveyors, who take great pride in their integrity and independence. Thus are able to best represent the interests of clientele wherever they might be. Marine surveyors and cargo inspectors are appropriately qualified or experienced and are able to travel to vessels or overseas sites at short notice.

By maintaining a personal approach with our customers, Briar has established a hard earned and positive reputation for a quality marine consultancy service. In fact the company gained recognition for its efforts when winning a Telecom Small Business Award in 1990. Since then the company has used this sound foundation to continually strive to provide the customer with the individual marine consultancy service they deserve and at world competitive rates.

Our cargo inspectors, trainers, and marine consultants are required to keep themselves up to date with current industry practices, so as to be able to present sound information and advice to the client on matters relating to cargo inspection and survey and the maritime industry.

The senior marine surveyors and directors of the company are Captains Anne Rutherford and Brian Peters, who between them hold a wealth of practical survey expertise. Not content to rest on this however, the management have the will to push for continual improvement and the development of new marine consultancy services to meet the challenge of the constant change in shipping industry needs.