The Report Magazine

The 156-page June 2026 Report magazine – edition 116 – is available to read in pdf and/or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 116 include:
– Importance of ship maintenance: Enhancing safety, efficiency and compliance
– Could nuclear power work on boats?
– AI Technology in marine surveying: A utility assessment
– Beyond the checklist: Preventing enclosed space fatalities at sea
– Technical failures behind most ballast water detentions
– Rescue and Restoration: A snapshot in the journey of Heritage Boat 43M
– Toys and lithium-ion powered devices can cause devastating marine fires
– AAI, Analytics, and Automation: The New Currents in Maritime Operations

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The 156-page March 2026 Report magazine – edition 115 – is available to read in pdf and/or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 115 include:
– How AI, electrification, and autonomy are transforming shipping
– Challenges and new opportunities for the French yachting industry
– The dry dock danger zone: Why a shipyard safety plan must be bulletproof
– Lifeboats incidents: Key observations and lessons learned
– Dangerous goods quick reference guides
– The Grain Code has been revised
– The dangerous erosion of iron ore sampling standards in India
– 1,010 fatalities in enclosed spaces aboard vessels from 2000-2024

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The 160-page December 2025 Report magazine – edition 114 – is available to read in pdf and/or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 114 include:
– Lessons from three generations of marine surveyors
– An Australian National Marine Hull Claims Register. Is now the time?
– The Polish yacht industry: a blueprint for long-term success
– Research finds maritime professionals rejecting full automation
– Large Yacht & Superyachts: Analysis of the MYBA sales contract and pitfalls
– Shipping must join other industries to hit net zero goal
– Future of superyacht refits: Sustainability and smart tech
– Review of the IIMS year 2025

Read the December 2025 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in downloadable pdf format: Report Magazine December 2025

The 136-page September 2025 Report magazine – edition 113 – is available to read in pdf and/or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 113 include:
– Navigating the Risks: Lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicles, and fire safety in the maritime industry
– From paper to pixels: The digital evolution of marina design
– When can an insurer deny a claim
– Rotten wood and poor inspection caused historic Maine schooner dismasting
– ABYC examines the 48-volt boat
– Technical inspection of pleasure boats in France: a sea snake between feasibility and acceptability?
– Enhanced safety regulations could advance maritime electrification

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The 148-page March 2025 Report magazine – edition 111 – is available to read in pdf and/or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 111 include:
– Lithium-ion batteries: a growing risk for yacht fires?
– SubChapter M Towboat Rules – Six Years On
– Safety and Leadership: The two important pillars of maritime excellence
– Over one third of ballast water treatment systems fail PSC inspections
– Inland waterways craft and the vagaries of conflicting regulations
– How to identify false readings of exhaust monitoring equipment
– The risks and benefits of AI translations in safety-critical industries
– The safety debate after the 2024 Sydney to Hobart tragedy

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The 148-page December 2024 Report magazine – edition 110 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 110 include:
– Artificial Intelligence is your skipper
– Bad ladders are a major issue for marine pilot safety
– How a Navy doctor revolutionized high-speed boat safety
– Professional salvors keep marine trade flowing
– Stabiliser systems – which is better?
– Small craft sector must inform and educate customers of dangers to avoid passenger injury says MAIB
– The Hague Rules: 100 years old and still standing
– Understanding effective risk assessment

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The 148-page September 2024 Report magazine – edition 109 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 109 include:
– Preventative and predictive methods for torsional vibration
– Spotlight on the Italian boating industry
– All new ships to be built without a stern tube?
– How well do you know your lifeboat?
– Tassie: The Wooden Boat Capital of Australia
– Fire safety is crucial and must be treated as such
– Wind turbine recycling: Could this provide a glimmer of hope for millions of end-of-life boats?
– Insurance considerations in the MV DALI and Francis Scott Key Bridge Incident

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The 144-page June 2024 Report magazine – edition 108 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 108 include:
– MIC corrosion from a surveyor’s point of view
– Using specialists as part of a superyacht survey
– Know the value of your work
– The Hot Dock: Corrosion in Marinas
– Personal locator devices can save lives
– High waves. High claims
– 10 Golden Safety Rules to live by launched
– Marine lifting operations (Part 1)
– To whom do professionals owe a duty of care?

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The 132-page March 2024 Report magazine – edition 107 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Highlights of edition 107 include:
– Transporting lithium-ion batteries: identifying and addressing the risks
– Coal cargoes: Avoiding explosion and self-heating
– Things a survey can’t find
– The birth and history of motorboating
– Marine insurance in an increasingly volatile world
– Tips for effective cargo hold cleaning
– Do you know when fire protection systems onboard should be inspected?
– Saving the Panama Canal will take years and cost billions
– Surveying a future beyond Lloyds Register with Iain Wilson

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The 144-page December 2023 Report magazine – edition 106 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

– What a small craft surveyor should inspect
– The dangers and challenges of lithium-ion batteries and fires: What we have learnt and know now
– Wind power developments for sailing boats into headwinds
– Safe working conditions remain an issue on board vessels visiting Australia
– Supramax detention in Immingham Port: A PSC case study
– Rules for expert witnesses
– Cargo packing matters: Amended Dangerous Goods regulation are mandatory from January 2024
– On the subject of Orca attacks
– With each passing year: A review of IIMS activities in 2023

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The 140-page September 2023 Report magazine – edition 105 – is available to read in pdf or eReader formats.

Some of the key features are:
– The Future of AI in Marine Cargo Survey Businesses
– A comprehensive look at the future of yachting
– When the numbers become dangerous: An opinion article by Michael Grey
– The history of ceramic coatings
– The Green and Digital Corridors
– Bills of lading: Basic concepts and issues
– How digitisation can enhance safety and contribute towards a greener future
– Mounting calls for leisure marine sector legislation on overboard discharge

Read the September 2023 Report Magazine online in e-Reader format or in pdf format: Report Magazine September 2023.