With the ongoing growth of our cargo surveying department, this office is proud to announce one of our most recent appointments to undertake further dangerous goods inspections on behalf of a major shipping line in the South’s premier container port.

Our dangerous goods surveyors request a random selection of containers from numerous shipping lines and inspect for damage, correct labelling and stuffing and assess the adequacy of containers for shipment. This incredibly varied line of work has seen our surveyors inspect dangerous goods ranging from aerosol cans to spontaneously combustible scrap metals!

2008 was another very busy and prosperous year for Geoff Waddington & Partners Ltd. Our most successful year to date saw the completion of a record number of over 500 instructions, with significant growth in new build & quality audits, general cargo surveys, small craft surveys and docking superintendency instructions.



Quality standards across all areas of the business have been maintained at an excellent level after obtaining ISO 9001 accreditation at the end of 2007. This has helped us to achieve our highest levels of customer satisfaction to date.

October saw the appointment of our fourth Surveyor, Richard Rapp who is an affiliate member of the YDSA, specialising in small craft surveying and the RCD. With this expansion it is a strong intention of this office to diversify our services further, by offering Post Construction Assessment services for vessels imported from outside of the EU and consultancy on the Recreational Craft Directive for home builders of vessel up to 24m in length.