Williams Associates is an independent consultancy, with a strong technical background, specialising in oil products short sea shipping and marine engineering.

The principal, David Williams, has experience in all facets of oil products coastal shipping and barge operations gained during 26 years as Engineer Superintendent and Operations Manager with an oil major's coastal shipping fleet handling over 2.0 million tonnes of oil products and more than 1,500 voyages each year.

You will find us determined to meet whatever challenges you may present.

Inspections of oil tankers and barges.

Although the primary focus is coastal tankers and barges, David Williams is an accredited Class 1 OCIMF inspector (oil) and thus may conduct SIRE inspections of any size vessel for OCIMF members.