The intransigency of the UK Registry of Shipping is driving me insane. They say they need a Certificate of Survey of Tonnage and Measurement which can be obtained from a Classification Societe such as Bureau-Veritas or Lloyds. Well the only such thing that exists here is Bureau-Veritas and they told me they don't do it anymore, it is the customs, La douane. So off I go to the customs, yes we can do that, no problem. Phone later all OK...come and pick it up. Get it scanned and send it off to the UKRS...nope, no good..has to be a Certificate of Survey.blah, blah....Yes BUT it is not possible here, this is what B-V told me and here is the certificate from la douane with the tonnage and the measurements...No, its not what we want. So that's that and Madam from UKRS won't even reply to my emails now ! Bloody bureaucracy !!
Anyway.......
Anyway.......