About HME
Who We Are, What We Do and Why We Work Differently
Humber Marine Enterprises is a continuously evolving maritime enterprise created to pursue valuable opportunities, solve specialist problems and deliver highly personalised services across the industry.
Experience
A Maritime Enterprise Designed for What Comes Next
From our base at Kingston upon Hull, we bring together maritime experience, practical judgement and selected specialist partnerships.
Our role is not limited to a single type of instruction. We are structured to respond to established market needs while remaining ready for new opportunities, technologies and challenges as they arise.
Our Ethos
Our People Come First
We have designed and developed the business around our staff. We have built it, not bought it, and made a deliberate decision to pursue the highest possible standards.
The long-term interests of our shareholders depend upon high levels of customer satisfaction. Client confidence drives repeat instructions and valuable word-of-mouth recommendations, particularly in a competitive and reputation-led industry.
We know that excellent client service depends upon experienced, motivated and well-supported people who are proud of the company they represent. Our head office provides the guidance, resources and development required for our staff to perform at their best.
This people-first foundation enables us to deliver an exclusive, ethical and appropriately discreet service — observing the standards and etiquette expected by our clientele while consistently seeking to exceed expectations.
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People First
Supporting capable staff to perform at their best.
People First
Delivering a responsive, personal and dependable service.
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Working with discretion, professionalism and integrity.
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Alert to new needs, ideas and opportunities.
30+
Years of Experience
2
Core Team Specialists · Marine & Engineering
2
Trusted Strategic Partnerships
9+
Years of Five-Star Endorsed Clients Worldwide
Leadership
Capt. Eric W. Casson
Captain · Marine Surveyor · Director
A varied international residency throughout my life's span from 1960 to date, born in Japan, residing in Wales (UK) then Argentina thereby educated and fluent in Spanish, followed by Holland prior to commencing my seagoing career gave me a very good grounding with the international community that makes up the seafaring community from within the Missions to Seafarers.
A Marine Specialist, Surveyor and Expert Witness, Business Consultant & Entrepreneur: with a very broad and in-depth marine industry background through family association & heritage, highly trained and experienced in the specialist marine survey & research sector, a weather analyst, including navigational training in Blind & Coastal pilotage, in addition to which a track record of seeking to improve the working environment through process integration and new safety measures, along with contributions to professional publications in association with the Nautical Institute; having experienced significant emergencies encompassing Piracy, large scale Fires, Bomb threats, Medevacs and extreme weather conditions to Hurricane force.
With visionary & entrepreneurial business skills from in-depth & detailed research work to feasibility & business case preparation and delivery including consultancy. The founding Director of the Elite World Cruise Company Ltd in 2004 which lead to the Chairmanship of Sea Vision UK, Yorkshire & Humber branch, an industry based focus group, as well as a Business Adviser to Young Enterprise.
Also, having successfully project managed many marine refits of varied complexity & scope along with the respective commissioning periods, as well as shore-based watersports facilities. Further enhanced by strong investigative skills having worked for the International Chamber of Commerce's Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau.
In recent years as a senior marine surveyor and expert witness carrying out a wide range of surveys and expert witness cases in the process; all this has provided me with a very broad skill base to draw upon, to both fulfil and enhance a wide spectrum of roles within the maritime industry.
Principal Qualifications
Professional Training & Certification
1990: Class I (Deck) Master Mariner Certificate of Competency FG — Unlimited
2016: MCGA Surveyor Training — Wooden & FRP Boat Building Technology Courses
ISM Lead Auditor Course (including DSM)
ISPS Verification Course · MLC 2006 Course
Lloyd's Register Hull Inspection Course · Port State Inspector
Corporate Governance and Chairmanship by Adrian Cadbury, 2007 — including the Combined Code of Corporate Governance
Private Investigation Course, all levels — The Medina Guild of Private Investigation, 1996 (Certificate of Completion)
Business Studies Course, Manpower Services Commission, Kingston upon Hull — 1986
Principal Qualifications
The Nautical Institute (MNI)
1990–2008 and 2025 to the present day · Membership No. 9108972
The Royal Institute of Navigation (MRIN)
2026 to the present day · Membership No. 17604
Career Highlights
Three decades of specialist maritime practice
Weather Analyst
Qualified and experienced across environmental research and specialist vessels in severe regional weather, providing professional assessments on immediate and future vessel movements. NOAA (AMVER) Gold Pennant & Certificate awarded for high-quality weather reporting while trading in 'Hurricane Alley'; service on the Ocean Weather ship 'Cumulus' recording marine environmental readings at weather station 'Mike' — 66°N 02°E.
Navigational Specialist
Specialist vessels with British Nuclear Fuels Ltd and Naval Party 1020, including blind & coastal pilotage training of Royal Navy officers — providing close-quarter navigational skills applied in challenging and poorly charted waters such as the Straits of Magellan and the Gulf of Corryvreckan.
People First
​Fluent in Spanish as a second language, having on numerous occasions helped avoid diplomatic incidents and resolve contentious and confrontational situations when boarding the relevant trawlers.
Master Mariner
A contributor to the nautical publication 'Stowaways at Sea' for the Nautical Institute.
Expert Witness
Senior marine surveyor and expert witness on a number of international cases, notably the groundbreaking matter of MCA v Ruslan Urumov and Gehan Sirimanne — the City of Rotterdam & Primula Seaways collision in the Humber Estuary.
Exploration & Dynamic Positioning
Captain of the RV Nautilus working with Dr. Robert Ballard, who found the RMS Titanic — notably surveying the volcano north of Santorini where the caldera lies only 10 metres below the surface, demanding absolute position-keeping with two ROVs deployed.
Location & Reach
A Central Humber Base.
Nationwide Reach.
Head office at Aquavista, Kingston upon Hull
Central Humber estuary location
Coverage throughout the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland coverage
Short-notice response where operationally possible