Technical director
Capt. Marco Galano, FROSIO Level III inspector
Certified Surface Treatment Inspector and Technical Director of DO.G.MA. Service. Over forty years of work, from the bridge of a ship to the inspection of protective coating systems. Assignments in Italy and abroad, always where the work is.
- Qualification
- FROSIO Level III
- Qualification
- AMPP Coating Inspector
- Registration
- Collegio Ligure Periti — no. 692
- Working since
- 1983
Profile
From the Marine sector to the inspection of protective coating systems.
His career began in the Marine sector and moved on to the inspection and quality control of protective coating systems.
From 1983 to 1986 he sailed as Deck Officer for Sidermar S.p.A. In 1986 he moved into protective treatments as assistant inspector for Boero Colori, on the Saipem Scarabeo 5 new building at the Fincantieri yard in Genoa.
In the years that followed his work settled on the quality control of coating systems in shipbuilding — Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Fincantieri Marghera, Luigi Orlando in Livorno, Fincantieri Monfalcone — on behalf of paint manufacturers and shipowners.
Since 2008 he has worked as an independent inspector, extending his work to Oil & Gas, Power, piping, industrial plant, infrastructure and yachting. New building, refitting, dry dock, tank coating, pipe coating, thermal spray metallising, insulation, failure analysis, vendor qualification, testing and final release.
- Role
- Technical Director — DO.G.MA. Service
- Specialisation
- Coating inspection · QA/QC · Surveys
- Instruments
- Own equipment, for testing and readings on site
- Reports
- English · Italian on request
Career
Professional career from 1983.
The main stages of his career, from seafaring to independent inspection. For the detail of individual projects see the Experience page.
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1983 — 1986
Deck Officer
Sailing for Sidermar S.p.A. This is where he gained first-hand knowledge of the ship, of its structures and of the environments in which corrosion does its work.
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1986 — 1988
Assistant inspector — protective treatments
For Boero Colori S.p.A. on the new building Saipem Scarabeo 5, protective treatments and steel preparation at the Fincantieri yard in Genoa.
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1988 — 1990
Coating Quality Control — new buildings
Nuovi Cantieri Apuania: M/N Fenicia and M/N Antonello da Messina, on behalf of the paint manufacturer Chugoku.
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1990 — 1994
Coating Quality Control — Fincantieri Marghera
New buildings M/N Ignazio Ferruzzi, M/N Costa Romantica and M/N Costa Classica.
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1995 — 1999
Technical surveyor — refitting and dry dock
Refitting, dry-docking and tank coating work across several maintenance areas: Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Trapani, Augusta, Ravenna, Trieste. From 1997, client-side QA/QC inspector at San Giorgio del Porto.
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2000 — 2004
QA/QC on new buildings and cruise ships
Luigi Orlando yard in Livorno and Fincantieri Monfalcone, on behalf of Sigma Coatings: protective treatments and insulation on the Carnival Glory, Crown Princess and Carnival Valor new buildings.
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2004 — 2008
Technical inspector for coating manufacturers
Ship refitting, dry-dockings and coating systems for Chugoku, Ameron, Jotun, International Paint, Hempel, Carboline and Sigma Coatings. From 2007, Senior Site Inspector with FYD Engineering on the Saipem refit — ERSAI 400 project, San Giorgio del Porto.
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From 2008
Independent QA/QC inspector
Freelance work for clients, shipyards, contractors, inspection companies and coating manufacturers. The scope widens to Oil & Gas, Power, piping and valves, LNG modules, infrastructure and yachting.
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Today
Technical Director — DO.G.MA. Service
Inspection, surveys and QA/QC work in Italy and abroad. Since 2024 engaged as QA/QC Field Coating Inspector on the Calcasieu Pass 2 project.
Certifications
Four certifications currently valid.
Inspector certifications are subject to periodic renewal. Here is the summary with number and validity; the full detail, with issuing bodies, standards applied and training, is on the dedicated page.
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Cert / 01
FROSIO
Certified Surface Treatment Inspector — Level III
- Certificate
- n° 3549
- Valid until
- 2027
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Cert / 02
AMPP
Certified Coating Inspector — Level 2
- Certificate
- n° N-44128
- Renewed
- 2025
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Cert / 03
NACE
Coating Inspector — Level 2
- Certificate
- n° 44128
- Programme
- now part of AMPP
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Cert / 04
Collegio
Collegio Ligure Periti ed Esperti
- Registration
- n° 692
- Scope
- technical surveys
The certifications are issued personally to Capt. Marco Galano, Technical Director of DO.G.MA. Service. The FROSIO, AMPP, NACE and Collegio Ligure Periti ed Esperti marks belong to the respective bodies and are reproduced solely to identify the certifications obtained; this implies no affiliation, sponsorship or accreditation.
Issuing bodies, dates of issue and renewal, standards applied, safety training and continuing professional development.
Frequently asked questions
Who carries out the inspection, with what, and how.
The checks a client makes before awarding an inspection assignment.
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D.01
Who actually carries out the inspection on site?
The assignment is handled directly by Capt. Marco Galano.
When several jobs overlap in the same period, the inspection is entrusted to an inspector holding equivalent certification. The client always knows who is entering the site and with what qualification.
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D.02
In which languages are the inspection reports written?
Reports are normally written in English, the language of international specifications.
On request the documentation is produced in Italian or in another agreed language.
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D.03
What instruments are the measurements taken with, and how are they calibrated?
The instruments are his own: thickness gauges, surface profile gauge, thermo-hygrometer, adhesion tester for pull-off testing, gloss meter, soluble salt test kit.
A calibration check is carried out daily before use on site. Calibration itself falls due every two years and is entrusted to a third-party certification body, which issues the calibration certificate: it is supplied on request together with the inspection documentation.
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D.04
Which safety and fitness certificates are currently valid for site access?
Besides PPE, site access calls for the qualifications the work requires: confined space entry, use of mobile elevating work platforms, working at height with an approved harness.
For offshore work and terminals there are also BOSIET — OPITO, STCW’95 and the LNG terminal safety course. All qualifications are kept current: the full list is on the certifications page.
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D.05
Is a continuing assignment as owner-side inspector possible?
Yes. On new buildings, long continuing assignments have been covered, up to eighteen months per vessel and across several vessels in succession.
An assignment of this kind has to be planned well ahead, because it commits the inspector for the whole build.
Technical support
Request a technical assessment.
For a quality check, a technical survey, a dispute or the verification of a corrosion protection system, speak directly with a qualified inspector.