Independent marine surveyors · Dunkirk, France
Bunker, draft and condition surveys, cargo supervision and marine consultancy, attended in person on the Channel and the North Sea, day or night.
24 hours a day · Dunkirk, France
Services
Twelve kinds of survey, one way of working: attended in person, measured by hand, reported with the evidence attached.
The bunkers on board change owner with the ship. One independent figure fixed at the handover is the figure neither side can argue with later.
Bunkers are bought by the tonne and delivered by the cubic metre. An independent measurement is the only way to know you got what you paid for.
For bulk cargo the ship herself is the scale. The bill of lading, the freight and any shortage claim rest on this one figure.
Every dent and torn gasket found at redelivery is charged to someone. The record made at delivery decides who.
A quality dispute is settled by a sample, and a sample is only as good as the proof of where, when and how it was taken.
The ship’s figure cannot say what went into each barge. Measuring the barges is the only way a receiver knows what actually arrived.
The particulars say what she is, not what she has become. An independent look before the price is agreed and the deposit paid.
A detention costs days, money and a mark on the record that follows the ship. Better to find it before the inspector does.
How she looks at the pontoon says little about what she is. A clear picture of the boat, for whoever is buying, selling or insuring her.
What happens at the hook, the hose and in the stow can only be proved if someone wrote it down at the time.
Work is sold by the hour and the kilogram, in a yard where the owner cannot be everywhere. A second pair of eyes that answers only to you.
Most disputes are decided by the first question and the first document, long before a lawyer is involved. Ask early, and ask a seaman.
Who we serve
Condition, bunkers, repairs and pre-PSC: the facts about your ship before someone else writes them down.
Draft, holds, bunkers and supervision: the quantity and the condition, witnessed and signed.
Independent findings on damage, condition and cause, written to stand on their own in a claim.
A surveyor answers 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
We take no side but the facts. The report says what we found.
The Channel and the southern North Sea within hours of the call.
Figures, photographs and conclusions in a document ready for the other party.
Why Dunkirk
Dunkirk sits at the crossroads of Northern Europe’s busiest waters. From our base we attend ships in the French Channel ports, the Belgian ports and the Dutch delta, usually within hours.
Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Le Havre, Rouen
Antwerp, Ghent, Zeebrugge
Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vlissingen
The Channel and the North Sea on request
About
Motto Marine Survey & Consultancy is an independent marine survey firm based in Dunkirk. We serve owners, operators, charterers, traders and insurers across Northern Europe and beyond, and we deliver on time, because a late report is no report.