Independent marine consultancy · Scottish Highlands

Clear judgement on vessel condition, safety & compliance.

Independent inspections, auditing and safety management for vessel operators, owners and charterers — delivered by someone who has sailed the vessels, run them ashore, and now assesses them.

Accredited eCMID System — IMCA Accredited Vessel Inspector (AVI)
IMCA AVIAccredited Vessel Inspector
Authorised PilotExperienced ship handler
15+ yearsAt sea & ashore
DSV · CSV · PSV · ERRVWorkboats & more
About

A working background at sea and ashore, brought to bear independently.

Thady McAndrew, Founder of Remore Maritime Consultancy
Thady McAndrew
Founder & Principal Surveyor

Marine surveyor and consultant with a seagoing and superintendent background, working independently across the UK and beyond.

Remore Maritime Consultancy provides independent inspection, auditing and safety-management support to the marine and offshore industry.

The value of an independent assessment isn't the checklist — it's having someone who has actually operated the vessel type forming a judgement on what they're seeing, not simply recording it. As an authorised pilot and experienced ship handler, that judgement is grounded in still being hands-on with vessels today.

That perspective comes from more than fifteen years across seagoing and shore-based roles, spanning DSVs, CSVs, PSVs, ERRVs, workboats and other vessel types, including DP operations, alongside Marine and Technical Superintendent positions ashore.

The result is practical, defensible work that reflects how a vessel is genuinely run — not how a binder is written to satisfy an audit.

IMCA Accredited Vessel Inspector (AVI) ISM Lead Auditor Authorised Pilot DP Operations
Services

Independent marine support, end to end.

01

Vessel Inspections

Condition and suitability surveys, plus eCMID inspections carried out as an IMCA Accredited Vessel Inspector. Assurance for owners, charterers and operators.

02

SMS Creation & Procedure Writing

Safety Management Systems built from the ground up, and the procedures, checklists and policies that sit within them. Concise, properly formatted and delivered as clean digital documents — written around how the vessel is actually operated, in plain language the crew will use rather than file away. From a single procedure to a complete ISM-compliant system.

03

SMS Review & Improvement

An independent look at an existing system — closing gaps, cutting the dead weight, and tightening procedures back in line with how the vessel really runs ahead of audit or after findings. Returned as clear, properly formatted digital documents.

04

ISM / ISPS / MLC Auditing

Internal and pre-verification auditing against the ISM and ISPS Codes and the Maritime Labour Convention, conducted as a qualified Lead Auditor.

05

HSE & Risk Assessments

Site- and operation-specific risk assessments and HSE support, tailored to the real working context rather than lifted from a generic template.

Approach

Why operators bring in an independent eye.

i

Operational, not theoretical

Assessments grounded in having sailed and managed the vessel types in question — judgement, not just a tick-box exercise.

ii

Independent and accountable

An outside perspective that owners and charterers can rely on, free of the assumptions that build up in-house.

iii

Practical and defensible

Clear, concise reporting that stands up to scrutiny and gives you something you can actually act on.

Contact

Have a survey, audit or system on the horizon?

Tell me a little about the vessel or the requirement and I'll come back to you. Available for work across the UK and further afield.

Based
Nairn, Scottish Highlands
Coverage
UK & international

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