Marine Surveyor ♦ Consultant ♦ Shipwright ♦ Compass Adjuster

Brisbane ♦ Gold Coast ♦ SE Queensland ♦ Australia ♦ Hong Kong . Phone: + 61 (0)400 33 23 23      ♦      Email: mail@iimarine.com.au

About Our Company Our Services Personnel Associates Memberships .

ABOUT RIVERSIDE NAUTICAL (incorporating ii MARINE)

We provide specialist marine services for vessel operators at Brisbane, Gold Coast and on the Southeast Queensland coast of Australia and also in Hong Kong and South East Asia. We have facilities in both Brisbane and Hong Kong. Our company origins are Falmouth in SW England. From 1991, we engaged in vessel delivery and salvage operations around the UK coast and provided shipwright services. These included refit projects, survey and insurance compliance work and traditional wooden boat renovation and repair. We were, and still are, enthusiastic promoters of ''sustainable boat building'' methods. Since relocating to Queensland, Australia in 2001 we have undertaken a number of refit projects on steel, aluminium, fibreglass and timber built vessels, carried out corrosion investigation, general small craft surveying, safety / survey compliance auditing and provided marine compass installation and adjustment services. As marine surveyors and consultants, our special interests are life saving and safety systems and corrosion prevention, detection and remedial solutions in steel, aluminium and wooden vessels using forensic investigation and mainly non-invasive, non-destructive technology.   We offer impartial advice and opinions, drawn from professional qualifications and accreditations, coupled with many years of practical, hands-on experience and "front line" problem solving, much of it learnt in some of the world's harshest marine environments.   Our clients include: Ship and boat builders; shipping companies and agents; police, customs and coastguard services; government departments; research establishments; yacht and ship brokers; fishing and charter vessel operators and private vessel owners and operators.   We provide magnetic compass installation, inspection and adjustment/calibration services for ships and boats of all types and sizes. We adjust marine compasses on vessels on the Queensland coast and in Hong Kong, SE Asia and throughout the Asia Pacific region.   We continue the local Gold Coast and Brisbane compass adjusting service, established by Captain Harrry Bricis, Master Mariner, in 1985. Back to top of page

PERSONNEL & ASSOCIATES

Principal, John Hall, is an accredited yacht and boat builder, ship's carpenter / joiner and marine surveyor. Other training and certification includes: Fire prevention and control; vessel damage control; survival and rescue craft; Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems; ARPA radar operation; ECDIS and electronic navigation and compass adjusting. John has been a registered seaman since 1972, serving on Royal Fleet Auxiliary, cargo, passenger, dredging, salvage, rescue and other working vessels, including service as boatswain, carpenter, mate and skipper.  He holds an unrestricted compass adjuster's licence, issued by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and is fully compliant with the Marine Department Hong Kong requirements for marine compass adjusters. Our Associates - We work with a number of reliable associates in Australia, Hong Kong and elswhere in order to deliver comprehensive, high quality marine services. Our associates maintain high standards of service and integrity and include marine surveyors, compass adjusters and repairers, mechanical and electrical engineers, shipwrights, trainers and other marine service providers. We are are happy to assist, whenever possible, in putting vessel operators in touch with other marine professionals in ports around Australia and the rest of the world. Back to top of page

MEMBERSHIPS

Memberships include:    ~  Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors    ~  International Institute of Marine Surveying    ~  Royal Institute of Navigation    ~  Nautical Institute Back to top of page    OUR SERVICES Click on a ► LINK below for more details of services we currently provide: ►  BRISBANE COMPASS ADJUSTER - Brisbane River, Manly, Scarborough, Cleveland, Redland Bay, Moreton Bay. AMSA licensed compass adjusting service for all vessels. ►  GOLD COAST COMPASS ADJUSTER - Southport, Coomera River, Runaway Bay, Jacobs Well & all Gold Coast locations from Tweed Heads north. Commercial & recreational vessels. ►  AMSA LICENSED SHIP'S COMPASS ADJUSTER - Gladstone, Bundaberg, Brisbane and other ports as required. Compass adjusting service for all SOLAS convention merchant ships. ►  HONG KONG COMPASS ADJUSTER - For locally licensed and SOLAS convention vessels ►  MAGNETIC COMPASS INSTALLATION & REPAIR SERVICE -  Contact us   ►  BRISBANE MARINE SURVEYOR - steel and wooden boat inspections, safety equipment audits, corrosion investigation - Contact us with vessel details   Phone + 61 (0)400 33 23 23

Email: mail@iimarine.com.au Back to top of page   ABOUT MARINE COMPASS ADJUSTMENT Some common questions - click here   ●  Why is a magnetic compass required in the electronic age? ●  Magnetic compass location and installation ●  Magnetic compass deviation and correction/compensation ●  Swinging the compass ●  Why engage a qualified professional compass adjuster? ●  Compass liquid - what is it and where do you get it? ●  Magnetic compass adjustment - legislative requirements