A bulk cargo has no meter. The only way to know what went aboard is to weigh the ship: her draft before and after, read against her own tables. The bill of lading is issued on that figure, the freight is paid on it, and a shortage claim at the discharge port is argued on it. A draft survey done with care is the difference between a figure that stands and a figure that is attacked.
Shippers, receivers, charterers and the ship herself all have an interest in it. It is ordered for loading, for discharge or for both, and it is worth most when both ends are surveyed the same way.
The figure on the bill of lading should be one you can defend. Ask us to attend the survey, and it will be.
Ask about this surveyHow it goes
Write to us
One email with the vessel, the port and the ETA. A surveyor answers day or night.
We attend
On board, on the barge or at the yard, in person, with our own instruments.
You get the report
Figures, photographs and the signed statement, so the facts stand later.
Other surveys
On/off hire bunker survey
The charter changes hands on agreed figures.
02Bunker quantity survey
The quantity you paid for, verified.
Draft survey
Cargo quantity by displacement, shown in full.
On/off hire condition survey
The ship as she was handed over, on record.
05Cargo sampling and monitoring
Samples that will hold up later.
06Barge draft survey
The cargo that left the ship, barge by barge.
07Pre-purchase condition survey
Know what you are buying.
08Pre-PSC inspection
Walk the ship before the inspector does.
09Pleasure yacht survey
Motor and sailing yachts, afloat and hauled out.
10Loading and discharging supervision
A surveyor at the hook or the hose.
11Shipyard supervision
Repairs followed on your behalf.
12Marine consultancy
Advice from people who have stood the watch.