SHIP´S AND PORT INSPECTIONS – MARINE SURVEYORS
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•Cargo hold preloading inspection. •Ship´s pre-purchase inspections and full conditions. •H&M inspections. •Ultrasound Hatch cover inspection. •Ship overview structure and cargo hold inspection with air drones. •Underwater hull inspection UWI to commercial ships and port structures. •Lashing / Securing Certification of cargo in containers (code of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing), ships hold and decks. •On/off hire B+C. •Delivery or redelivery bunker surveys. •Draft surveys / deadweight draughts. •BQS. •Bunker 221B. •360Q. •Ullaging of ship´s tanks.
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•Hold suitability for specifics cargoes. •Tank cleanliness inspection. •Sampling and testing fresh and ballast water. •Sampling and testing off specs IFO, MDO, MGO. •Investigations of origin, cause and extent of damages by ship´s holds flooding, crane or wire collapse. •Ships repairs, follow up at shipyard. •Ship engine and machinery blackout investigations. •Expert witness. •Ship´s performance. •Temperature sensors for fishmeal and other self-heating cargoes. •Hath sealing.
CARGO INSPECTIONS – CARGO SURVEYORS
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•Project cargo inspection; windfarms, transformers, autoclave, steel structures and other heavy lift, large, costly and delicate equipment. From Factory, loading port, disch port to its final destination at owner place/field/site. •Vehicles inspection upon arrival to port and stacking yards of the automotive. •Port captain, loading master and supercargo for different types of breakbulk and bulk cargoes. •Inspection of forest products; woodpulp, sawlumber, MDF and other finished products. •Local commodities inspection. •Inspection of salmon fish, frozen products, seafoods, container stuffing, cold chain broken. •Outturn steel inspection (loading and discharging; coils, plates, roundbars, pipes, profiles). •Silver nitrate test in situ. •Sampling for wheat, sugar, soy and other grains, analysis. •Inspection of perishable, refrigerated (fruits) and frozen products. •Metal scrap testing for radiation, weight and loading containers.
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•Container stripping / stuffing inspection / seal control / missing and shortage / theft, robbery and hijacking investigation. •Inspection of bulk cargoes such as copper concentrate, coal, coke, clinker, zinc, lead, nitrate and many impo/expo type of fertilizers, wheat, soy, maize, oat, beet, barley and rye. •Bulk cargo shortages or surplus investigation. •Shore scale control in/out. •Stowage and trimming supervision according IMO rules. •Luxury motor yachts and sailboat inspections. •Warranty surveyor. •Cargo tally and monitoring. Productivity report. Demurrage. •Cargo consultancy. •Renewables and offshore. •Cargo salvage. •Weigh control – Quay / weighbridge. •Shipper´s own container SOC inspection, seaworthiness and cargo worthiness certification. •OOG - Out of Gauge cargo inspection and oversize measurement.


CASUALTY & INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
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•Damage inspection to port infrastructure, fenders, buoys and mooring bitts. •Ship grounding investigation. •Cargo contamination investigation. •Personnel injuries. •Sea pollution investigation.
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•Ship´s Collision investigation. •Stevedores damage inspection. •Marine and non-marine claim and casualty investigation.


CONTAINERS
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•On/off hire containers. •IICL inspection. •Container Line standard inspection. •CSC plate / seaworthiness / cargoworthiness.


QUALITY CONTROL
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•Factory audit. •Pre-shipment inspection. •During production inspection. •Container (loading) stuffing supervision.



MINERAL and METAL INSPECTIONS, LABORATORY, CONTROLS & CERTIFICATION
ISO 10251, 12743, 3081, 3082, JIS8100
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•Mineral sampling, weight and moisture determination (WSMD) supervision for copper, zinc, lead, iron ore fine, pellets and other minerals in bulk or breakbulk as for example copper concentrate, lithium, zinc, lead, cathodes, ingots, anodes, steel bars and steel coils. •Mineral sample preparation supervision for moisture, size determination, granulometry testing and quality. •Mechanical preparation of samples. •Base metals, ferrous and non-ferrous ores & concentrates •Precious metals. •Mineral chemical analysis.
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•Umpire assay. •RFX spectrometer mineral testing. •Stockpile inspection. •Supervision of bulk, bagged and containerized cargo during weighing and sampling at reception, loading, discharge, final receiving works and temporary locations. •Loading supervision at loading and discharging ports. •Third party supervision at mines or intermediary stacking yards and warehouses. •Flow Moisture Determination and TML according IMSBC Code.






LIFTING APPLIANCES & BELOW THE HOOK EQUIPMENT PROOF LOAD TESTING AND INSPECTION
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•Ship´s cranes. •Mobile cranes. •Overhead and gantry cranes. •Tower cranes. •Frames, spreaders beam and other below the hook lifting devices and hardware. •Lifting director and rigging advice.





INSURANCE CLAIMS ANALISIS
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•Coverage analysis. •Analysis of adjustment reports. •Loss analysis by third party.

NDT – NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
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•Thickness inspection. •NDT: penetrating dyes, magnetic particles, ultrasound and thermographic inspections. •Testing wires, synthetic webslings, shackles and other lashing/securing material.

LOSS PREVENTIONS SURVEYS
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•Route studies. •Tanker ship loss control and shore tanks. •STS loss control fuel, diesel, gasoline. •Ships audits, ISM, pre-vetting, etc. •Convoy escorting for project cargoes. •Risk analysis and inspections (warehouses, stockpiles and different storage places). •Gas free. •Risk assessment.
TRAINING & COURSES
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•We offer port and ship familiarization, tanker, terminal, liquid and bulk cargo. •Cargo securing. •Cargo loss prevention.