Survey services

At present the attention to security of transportation and cargo safety is very high. This corresponds to cargo owners and other participants of transportation process, including insurers, interests. The increased importance of insurance activity brought survey and export services on the level of great demand. We have certified and experienced experts that can make legal expert conclusions and save your time and money. In theory survey services mean estimation of cargo quality, its physical, chemical and biological conditions. Cargo expertise is confirmed by tests of certified laboratories.

Kamchatka Maritime Company Co., Ltd implements survey services (survey inspection) of cargo and vessels. This is an independent inspection (as the third party) of cargo condition, recalculation of cargo, certification of transportation equipment. As the result Survey Reports (expertise reports) that are necessary for dispute matters solving are issued.
Types of survey services:

1. Survey inspection (examination) of vessels:

• Estimation of vessel condition (vessels’ inspection) at opening a charter and when finishing it;
• Total examination of vessel’s technical conditions (total examination);
• Determination of cargo quantity (cargo weight) be vessel’s draft  (cargo quantity control);
• Determination of fuel/liquid bulk cargo quantity on board of vessel (cargo quantity control, fuel quantity control);
• Survey inspection of vessel’s hulls and gears;
• Survey inspection (vessel’s inspection) for insurance police registration;
• Sealing of and unsealing of holds.

2. Survey inspection (examination) of cargoes:

• Pre-loading inspection of cargo (cargo quality control, cargo quantity control, cargo packing and marking control prior loading on board of vessel);
• Cargo examination during loading on board of vessel (cargo quality control, cargo quantity control, cargo packing and marking check during loading on board of vessel);
• Cargo inspection at discharging from the board of vessel (cargo quality control, cargo quantity control, cargo packing and marking checking during unloading from board of vessel);
• Determination of cargo quantity (cargo weight) by vessel’s draft (cargo quantity control);
• Determination of fuel/liquid bulk cargo quantity in cisterns, tanks (cargo quantity control);
• Control of cargo packing;
• Checking of cargo strapping, securing and its correspondence to safety instructions;
• Checking of cargo marking;
• Cargo marking;
• Weighing of cargo (cargo quantity control);
• Determination of cargo dimensions and volumes (including outsize cargo);
• Control over cargo placing and stowing on board of vessel;
• Determination of temperature conditions and quality of reefer cargo;
• Survey examination of packed hazard cargo;
• Filling in multimodal declarations for hazard cargos;
• Cargo sampling;
• Laboratory tests;
• Tallman counting of single cargo and cargo on pallets (cargo quantity control, cargo quality control);
• Consultations on organization of import and export cargo transportations.

3. Insurance and accident cases:

• Service of claim survey (claim adjuster);
• Determination of damage caused to cargo and/or vessel due to crash, accident, fire, etc.;
• Determination of a reason that caused cargo and/or vessel damage.