IDWAL is the ship inspection, technology and data business. The global leader in independent sale and purchase inspections and the industry’s trusted partner for fleet condition monitoring.
Idwal’s 500-point inspection reports provide transparent and actionable insights into a vessel’s maintenance, quality and ESG compliance, contextualised by the IDWAL Grade®, the industry standard for measuring asset integrity.
Idwal’s data-driven methodology ensures that reports are consistent, intuitive to read, accurate and free from bias. Trusted as the industry standard, they inspect almost half of all vessels sold each year. Founded in 2010, Idwal is based in Cardiff, UK, with offices in Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo and Athens, and with an extensive surveyor network around the globe.
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“As one of the largest shipping companies in the world, MOL has used the services of Idwal to conduct pre-purchase inspections of vessels which are marketed for sale. Idwal is a reliable and trustworthy company that always provides fair and independent inspection reports to MOL’s vessels in line with MOL’s attitude to be open and fair to the market.”
MOL
"K Line has used Idwal’s pre-sale services on numerous occasions to encourage an open and fair selling process for ships placed on the S&P market. The process is seamless, transparent and has generated high levels of interest in the buyers’ market with good, clean offers which have concluded in successful sales of K Line vessels".
K Line
“AM NOMIKOS TMA SA uses Idwal for conducting condition surveys of its managed fleet vessels as a result of COVID, and pre-purchase inspections of vessels worldwide. Their service has been professional and of a high technical standard. They are cost effective, respond promptly and their flexibility and constant monitoring have gained our trust for continuing our cooperation.”
AM NOMIKOS TMA SA
IDWAL SURVEYOR NETWORK
The data used to generate our reports comes from Idwal's surveyor network, who produce thousands of reports each year across all vessel types. The data is fed into Idwal's own state of the art software and grading system, vetted by an internal Technical Team of Master Mariners, Naval Architects, Marine Surveyors, and more.
