Atlantic & Pacific Marine Consultants, Inc.
is a full-service marine surveying firm specializing in marine claims handling, and related marine surveying services. The firm’s principle marine surveyor has extensive practical marine management and vessel operational experience. We provide clients with advice ranging from vessel, marina, and boatyard operations, underwriting risk, damage assessment, repair recommendations and their related costs. Our technical capabilities, attention to detail, and responsiveness to our clients needs, enable us to address a wide variety of issues that emerge in all types of insurance and marine-related activities.
Our services are built upon decades of operational experience with commercial and recreation vessels up to 100'. Our principle surveyor is a fully licensed USCG 100-ton master, and is a accredited member of the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS/AMS), the American Boat and Yacht Council, and the National Fire Protection Association. Our thorough, timely reports are accepted nationwide by leading marine insurers and banks.
We strive to be an accessible client resource, with prompt and effective assistance. We value the importance of building working relationships with insurance and marine industry professionals. Building these relationships has helped us become a respected marine consulting service, one you can depend on when assistance is needed in the Northeast.
Our credentialed surveyors, with offices in Gloucester, MA and East Boothbay, ME, allow us to serve the marine industry across the entire Northeastern US. We offer a wide variety of services ranging from hull and P&I casualty investigations, condition and value surveys, appraisals of marine equipment, and expert maritime witness testimony for the legal profession. We are also available to provide customized services to fulfill special requirements for underwriting risk, or addressing any unique situation or need that may arise.
Our clients include insurance underwriters, vessel owners, waterfront property and business owners, marine construction contractors, banks and other financial institutions, marinas, boatyards and investors. Over the years our projects have ranged from damage assessment of outboard boats, to multi-million-dollar losses by storm or fire.
We have a well-earned reputation for working closely with vessel and property owners, insurance adjusters, boatyard/marina service managers, technicians, contractors, and in cases where required, state and federal agency representatives in order to resolve losses and address issues in a timely manner that result in the best interests of our valued clients.