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Available at 38 ports

On/Off Hire Bunker and Condition Survey

Independent bunker quantity and vessel condition at delivery and redelivery, so the charter party position is documented before it is disputed.

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The bunker figure agreed at delivery and the one agreed at redelivery decide who pays for the difference, and the condition recorded at each end decides who pays for the damage. Both are cheap to establish at the time and expensive to argue about afterwards.

Marine Surveys Africa attends on hire and off hire on behalf of owners, charterers, brokers and P and I interests. We sound and measure all bunker tanks, calculate quantities on board with temperature and density correction, and record the condition of holds, hatch covers, decks, cranes and accommodation in a report both parties can rely on.

Where the parties want it, we attend as a joint surveyor with representatives of both sides present, which is usually the fastest route to an agreed figure and the least likely to end in a claim.

Applies to

  • Time charter delivery and redelivery
  • Bunker quantity determination and ROB verification
  • Hold and hatch cover condition on delivery
  • Pre-loading and pre-purchase condition inspection
  • Damage recording for owners, charterers and P and I
  • Joint surveys with both parties represented
Method

How we work

The same method at every port, so the report reads the same from one call to the next.

  1. 01

    Attendance on arrival

    Surveyor attends at the agreed delivery or redelivery point, alongside or at anchorage, and confirms scope with the master and both parties.

  2. 02

    Bunker sounding and calculation

    All fuel and diesel tanks sounded or ullaged, temperatures taken, and quantities calculated with density and temperature correction.

  3. 03

    Condition inspection

    Holds, hatch covers, decks, cranes, mooring equipment and accommodation inspected and photographed, with existing damage recorded.

  4. 04

    Joint agreement

    Findings reviewed with the master and with both parties' representatives where present, and signed off on board.

  5. 05

    Report

    Full report with figures, photographs and the signed statement of facts, issued within 24 hours of attendance.

Ports we cover

On/Off Hire Bunker and Condition Survey port by port

This service is available across all 38 of our ports. The ports below have a dedicated page covering what is specific to working there.

See all 38 ports we cover

Need on/off hire bunker and condition survey?

Tell us the vessel, the port and the date. We reply within two hours, any time of day.

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