International Salvage Union (surveyor / salvor overlap)

Summary

ISU is the professional body of marine salvage companies. Members are companies not individuals; salvor careers cross-over with marine surveying but require specialist casualty-response expertise.

Certification pathway

ISU member-company introduction + salvage engineering credentials.

Specialisations

• Salvage engineering
• Casualty response
• Wreck removal

Typical client base

P&I clubs, hull underwriters, flag states

Other marine-surveyor bodies

• International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS)
• Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS)
• National Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMS)
• International Institute of Marine Ur (older society) (IIMU)
• Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors (AIMS)