Marine Survey of Cargo Hold Condition & Draft Survey

Marine Survey of Cargo Hold Condition & Draft Survey

Marine Surveyor Indonesia - Draft Survey & Cargo Hold Condition always request together prior commencement a loading supervision progress by interest party business likely Shipper, Consignee, Underwriter, P&I Clubs, Ship's Owner or Broker and another interest business party.

Usually, the Cargo Hold Condition Survey was conduct first then followed with a Draft Survey for initial loading was followed, please find a example report for Cargo Hold Condition Survey and Draft Survey below for your reference only.

Example, A Marine Survey Report of Cargo Hold Condition Survey and Draft Survey on board a General Cargo Ship's MV. PINE 3 while a Loading of bulk cargoes of Granular Urea In Bulk from Pupuk Kaltim (PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur) from another a marine surveyor company that i was found from Internet as follow;

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The vessel “PINE 3”, whilst she was lying alongside at Jetty Quadran – PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, Port of Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, for the purpose of conducting on cargo holds condition inspection and draft survey for loading granular urea in bulk.

PARTICULARS OF THE VESSEL

Name of Vessel : MV “PINE 3”

Port of Registry : PANAMA

IMO Number : 9438389

Call Sign : 3 F K D 5

Classification : LLOYD’S REGISTRY

Type of Vessel : GENERAL CARGO

GRT /NRT : 22,998/19,825

Deadweight : 34064.5 Tons

LOA : 182.88 M

Breadth : 28.39 M

Depth Moulded : 15.29 M

Keel Laid : 2008

Owners : Messrs PINE 3 SHIPPING INC

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL

The vessel "PINE 3" is a single screw, all steel welded General Cargo Vessel, construction built on 2011, registered at Panama with Lloyd’s Register Classification Society. Official number 42327-11-A, and gross tonnage 22,998 tons. Installed 5 (five) cargo holds with TTS weather-tight double skin folding type hatch covers opening direct to forward and afterward with flat top and out-placed hydraulic cylinders. 5 cargo holds are open tween decks and with raised hatch coamings. She was equipped with 5 electro hydraulic deck cranes, with the following specification

Crane Arrangement	Crane 1	Crane 2	Crane 3	Crane 4	Crane 5
Single	35.0 MT	40.0 MT	40.0 MT	35.0 MT	35.0 MT
Double (Tween)	26 m	80.0 MT / 26 m		70.0 MT / 26 m

The vessel has continuous main deck platings right from the bow to the forward engine room bulkhead where the poop deck is raised. Main deck bulwarks (Port and Starboard) stretched from the stem to the engine room forward bulkhead. She has a bulbous bow and a transom stern. The accommodation, navigating bridge and engine room are located aft.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The vessel “PINE 3” under command Capt. Bashir Khalid arrived at Bontang Pilot Station on 25^th May 2014 at around 16:15 hours LT. and subsequently on same day at around 16:18 hours LT. Pilot on board for berthing prospect. The vessel “PINE 3” Berthing at position of Jetty Quadran – PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur at around 18:48 hours LT on the same time tendered their NOR (Notice of Readiness) that the vessel is in all respects ready to load her fully cargo of 27,500 mt of Granular Urea in Bulk from shipper Messrs. Koch Fertilizer Asia Prived LTD.

INTRODUCTION

Upon received instruction from our Messrs., a company of Underwriter , On 21^st May 2014 we liased with the local agent named “PT. Whilhelmsen Ship Service” Bontang Branch office with Mr. Erwin Sulistiyo who informed us that vessel scheduled arrive at Bontang Pilot Station on May 25, 2014 at 16:00 Hours Local Time and the loading prospect still reverting due to waiting instruction from PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, he also informed us that the loading point is a restricted area and he advised in order we send by email a permission latter to PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur – Bontang to have a permit enter PT. PUPUK KALTIM area.

On 22^nd May 2014, we re-called the local agent “PT. Whilhelmsen Ship Service” Bontang Branch office with Mr. Erwin Sulistiyo who advised us to be liased with his staff Mr. Ade Ade Octavian Gunady who directly monitoring vessel arrival where from Mr. Ade Octavian Gunady we gave information that vessel arrival on May 25, 2014 at 16:00 Hours Local Time and the loading prospect will be on arrival.

As efforts to be able attending the vessel at minimum delays, On 25^th May 2014 at 14:50 Hours LT. the Surveyor has arrived at Bontang, Indonesia

The habit in this loading area, the joint initial draft reading must be conducted prior to attend on board the vessel, our surveyor together with attending parties concerned as well chief officer conducted the initial draft survey, detail time of initial draft reading and initial ballast sounding mentioned in other section below.

The Marine Surveyor Indonesia was attend on board the MV” PINE 3” on 25^th May 2014 at around 22:10 Hours LT. after the vessel obtained a free pratique guarantee from the quarantine officer and welcomed by a crew member on duty on the gangway who guided us to the ship’s office, the surveyor, after completion calculate the initial draft survey and calculated initial ballast sounding, the surveyor introduced his intended purpose of attendance to the Master and further he gathered available relevant documents.

CARGO HOLDS CONDITION INSPECTION

The loading of granular urea in bulk will be commenced at hold No. 3 and subsequence the cargo hold No. 3 condition and cleanliness inspected by our surveyor prior to commencement of loading.

With the cargo lighting, Cargo hold No. 3 has inspected on 26^th May 2014 at around 00:05 up to 00:25 Hours LT, and the other cargo holds continued on the same day at around 08:00 up to 10:00 Hours LT. with the following condition :

HATCH COVERS

The hatch covers were double skin folding type with opening direct to forward and afterward with flat top and out-placed hydraulic cylinders. Generally, the hatch covers were found externally to be in apparent fair condition with rust stained without any loose scale and internally to be in apparent sound condition. Upon opening the hatch covers, the hatch coamings inner side and top plating were found in fair condition with rust stained without any loose scale with longitudinal and transverse double drain system seems working order condition.

The hatch cover roller track, compressor bar, draining channel, cleat, ventilation holes and the rubber gaskets were found in satisfactory condition where visible. These hatch covers do not have wedges at the top. The tween deck covers consists of pontoon slabs and at the time of hold inspection were piled at the centre of the cargo holds.

CARGO HOLDS

Both cargo holds are open tween deck type. There are 2 (two) ladders accesses into each cargo hold, one Australian Ladder adjacent to forward bulkhead and one vertical straight ladder adjacent to afterward bulkhead. Generally, the Australian and vertical ladders were found sound condition, painted and with slight dent. All cargo holds self trimming, and ballast tank manhole covers are found fitted with top covers.

CARGO HOLD NO.1

The cargo hold was found in fair condition

a) Forward and aft bulkhead plating were found coated with slight rust stains without any loose scales, paint scratched and scattered abrasions, seems all loosing scale has be scrapings and removed

b) Port and starboard side plating, lower hopper was found coated with moderate rust stains without any loose scales, paint scratched and scattered abrasions, seems all loosing scale has be scrapings and removed