Pre Loading Inspection of bulk cargo

Pre Loading Inspection of bulk cargo

Pre Loading Inspection for Dry Bulk Cargoes

- Inspection/survey to preparation, stowage & survey
- Inspection/survey to hold cleaning - preparing a ship for grain
- Inspection/survey to dunnage
- Testing weather-tight integrity of dry cargo vessels' hatch covers
- Inspection/survey Loading, stowage
- Cargo pre-loading surveys
- Lashing and securing deck cargoes
- Fumigation of ships and their cargoes
- Photography
- Preparing cargo plans - structural limitations
- Stowage of break bulk cargo (general cargo)
- Air changes - ventilation of cargo compartments
- The silver nitrate test
- Measurement of bulk cargoes - draught surveys

Inspection/survey to importation of genetically modified material into Europe


Inspection/survey to Agricultural Products:

- Karnal bunt
- Moisture migration and surface ventilation
- Refined (crystal) sugar
- Carriage of Potatoes
- Carriage of Cocoa

Inspection/survey to Ores & Minerals
- Coal cargoes
- Direct reduced iron
- Mineral ore concentrates and other materials which may liquefy
- Sulphur cargoes


Inspection/survey to Steel & Other Metals

- Carriage of steel
- Hot rolled steel sheeting
- Securing shipments of steel by flexible metal band
- Stowing and securing steel slabs
- Scrap metal


Inspection/survey to Timber & Forestry Products

- Carriage of forestry products
- Packaged timber deck cargoes - dangerous densities
- Timber deck cargoes
- The carriage of wood pellets


Pre – Loading Inspection for Bulk cargoes - liquid

- Bulk oil cargoes - shortage and contamination claim
- Liquid natural oils, fats and fatty products
- Samples and sampling in the carriage of bulk liquid cargoes
- Biofuels: Marine transport, handling and storage issues


Pre – Loading Inspection for Containers

- Atmosphere-controlled containers
- pharmaceuticals in temperature-controlled containers
- Agricultural products in non-refrigerated containers
- Refrigerated containers

Inspection/survey to Cargoes stuffing/loading into containers

- Thiourea Dioxide
- Expandable polymeric beads
- Calcium hypochlorite
- Cargo damage - the causes
- Coffee
- Dangerous goods
- The perils of waste shipments in freight containers
- Flexi tanks
- Heavy containers over light containers
- Securing of containers on deck
- Containers in non-cellular ships
- container crime
- container top safety
- stuffing and stacking containers
- Substandard components and cargo worthiness

Pre – Loading Inspection for Refrigerated Cargoes

- Carriage instructions for refrigerated cargoes
- Fresh fruit and vegetables
- Table grapes
- Frozen fish on reefer vessels and in containers
- Meat and meat products in containers

Pre – Loading Inspection for Gas Cargoes

- The carriage of gas
- Liquefied natural gas

Pre – Loading Inspection for Miscellaneous

- Agricultural produce - insect infestation and fumigation
- Fishmeal cargoes - self heating and fires
- Hydrogen Sulphid
- Palletised cargoes
- Radioactive cargoes
- Radioactive uranium hexafluoride (UF6)


Example for Measurement of bulk cargoes - draught surveys

Draught surveys - practice
• Reading the draught marks
• Density of the water in which the vessel is floating
• Ballast water tanks
• Density of the ballast water
• Establishing the correct weights of oils on board
• Calculations and associated corrections of vessel’s displacement from draught readings
• Documentation
• Expert opinion
• Cumulative errors
• Worked example
Draught surveys - theory
• Archimedes principle
• Density
• Reading the draughts
• Metric marks
• The stability book
• Calculating a ship's draught • Perpendicular correction
• 3/4 mean draught
• First time correction (layer correction)
• Position of Lcf
• Second trim correction (Nemoto's correction)
• Heel correction
• Density correction
• Alternative hydrostatic information
• Measuring the variable quantities
• Sounding of ballast and fresh water tanks
• Fresh water
• Fuel and oil
• Calculating volumes
• Small trimmed ballast volumes
• Weight of the ballast
• Sounding problems
• Condition of the vessel at time of survey
• Ballast tank condition
• The manometer
• Marine hydrometers
• The draught survey certificate
• Salinity refractometers