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Survey department
Mission
Fortuna International is the expert office in the shipping that supports you in damage prevention and claims settlement with help and advice.
We are offering you a comprehensive consulting before activities and a professional representation during field operations. Using our well founded knowledge that our surveyor acquired in position as captain, and as an independent marine consultant.
We may offer:
- On/Off Hire Condition and Bunker Survey
- Bunker Survey
- Transparency Strategic planning
- Cargo Condition / Steel Outrun Survey
- Draft Survey
- Hatch Sealing Survey
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On / Off Hire Condition & Bunker Surveys
This inspection is conducted to the vessel at the beginning and/or end of the chartering and aims at checking the overall condition of the vessel. The on/off hire condition survey is an inspection of vessel’s holds, main deck, cargo working areas and external shell plating. It is performed in order to identify any damage present prior to the vessel going on/off hire.
By doing it repetitively for many years, our surveyors became experts in analyzing a vessel. The eyes of an experienced professional inspect every bulkhead, ladder, pipe, corrugate, lower and upper hoppers, bilge, tank top plating, manhole, hatch coaming, hatch covers and many other structures.
Our surveyors start the attendances of on/off hire conditiovn surveys at berthing time, before the commencement of loading operation, or, at the end of a discharging operation, in order to inspect the holds without cargo inside to be more precise.
Our company details the findings of the inspection in the Survey Report that includes the anomalies found, general particulars of the vessel, relevant documents and a photography list showing the actual condition of the vessel. We work to issue the Survey Report within three days after the completion of inspection. This survey is compared with the previous condition survey carried out to the vessel, in order to determine if new damage have occurred to the vessel from cargo operations and/or stevedores damage.
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Draft survey
The Draft Survey is a technique based on Archimedes’ principle to calculate the weight of cargo loaded or unloaded to or from a ship from measurements of changes in its displacement.
Fortuna International Ltd. has large experience in performing draft surveys, as it is very required by our clients. We have acting different times on behalf of Owners, Charterers or any other interested party. In the top of our priorities list, we have the quality of our services by using our own calibrated equipment, we assure that the findings are as accurate as possible.
We start our attendance for Draft Survey at berthing time, jointly reading vessel’s initial draught marks. After draught reading, our attending Surveyor obtain samples of water in which the vessel is floating at, the time at which the draught marks are read.
The total deductible weights on board and all draft marks readings are measured and calculated by us in accordance with data supplied by the vessel (hydrostatic and tanks calibration tables) prior to commencement of loading/discharging and on completion of loading/discharging. By using international guidelines, our Surveyors consider the water density of vessel’s gateway, changes on ballast quantities, consumption of vessel’s bunkers and freshwater, performing corrections proper corrections for trim, list and deflection (hog/sag).
At completion of survey, a Draft Survey Report is issued aboard and afterwards a complete Survey Report is sent to our clients, recording the full data and calculations used to obtain the cargo loaded/unloaded quantity.
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Hatch sealing survey
Fortuna International surveyors conduct Hatch Sealing inspections to ensure that no contamination or loss of cargo occurs during the sea voyage prior to final destination.
- These surveys include the following:
- The sealing of all cargo hold accesses, including hatch covers and manhole accesses, using either box seals or lead wire seals.
- Lead wire seals may be serialized and recorded at the request of the client.
- A Hatch Sealing Certificate is provided to the vessel at the completion of the survey, certifying that all hatches and accesses have been sealed. Both the attending Surveyor and the vessel’s Master sign this certificate.