The Shearer Group Inspection, Survey & Testing
Marine Surveying & Construction Oversight
Marine surveys and new-construction oversight for vessel owners, charterers and operators, including dry dock certifications and damage assessment.
Description
Marine surveying and construction oversight for vessel owners, charterers and operators, supporting new construction, modifications, scheduled dry dockings and maintenance periods. Staff include NAMS members, Certified Welding Inspectors and AWO Responsible Carrier Program auditors.
Survey services
- Project cargo loadouts, heavy lift and trip in tow
- Damage assessment and incident response
- Hull and machinery, on/off charter surveys
- Crane barge inspections and dry dock certifications
Construction oversight
- Schedule review, quality assurance and welding inspections
- Monthly progress reports and vessel inspections
- Shipyard deliverables review, regulatory liaison and change order management
- Progress payment assurance, test and trial program development, systems testing and photo documentation
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- Vessel Design (Naval Architecture)
- Marine Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
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- 4,000 HP Conventional Screw Inland Towboat
- 3,200 HP Z-Drive Inland Towboat
- 2,400 HP Diesel Electric Z-Drive Towboat
- 2,400 HP Triple Z-Drive Canal Boat
- 1,800 HP Z-Drive Retractable Pilothouse Towboat
- 70′ Subchapter M Towboat (DWAIN HARPER design)
- 4,200 HP LNG Powered Towboat
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Multi-office NOAA project collecting airborne lidar and multibeam sonar data to map Great Lakes nearshore benthic habitat (0-80 m) in support of Lakebed 2030.
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Cannes Yachting Festival
Six-day in-water boat show each September in the Vieux Port and Port Canto, Cannes; the 2024 edition showed more than 700 boats of 5 to 45 metres.