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Tug & Barge Condition and Towage-Approval Surveys: Moving Cargo Safely
What a barge suitability and towage approval survey assesses — deck strength, void integrity, sea-fastening, bollard pull and weather criteria — and why void spaces decide most barge surveys.
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Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Condition Surveys in Balikpapan
What an OSV condition survey covers in Balikpapan: deck arrangement and load documentation, towing and anchor-handling gear, cargo systems, accommodation standard, and pre-vetting inspection.
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Cargo Damage & Outturn Surveys: Appointing an Independent Surveyor
Who appoints and pays for a cargo survey, what a joint survey at discharge achieves, and how damage patterns distinguish carriage damage from pre-shipment damage.
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P&I Surveys and Club Correspondents in Indonesia: How They Work
What a P&I survey covers, how club correspondents and technical surveyors divide the work, and what an owner should do in the first 24 hours after a liability incident in Indonesian waters.
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On-Hire & Off-Hire Surveys for Charterers: What Gets Recorded and Why
What an on-hire and off-hire survey records at charter delivery and redelivery — condition, bunkers, holds and existing damage — and how it prevents the disputes that otherwise end in arbitration.
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Bunker Quantity Survey: Procedure, Wedge Formula & Common Disputes
How a bunker quantity survey is carried out: tank gauging, temperature profiles, volume correction to 15 °C, the wedge calculation, sampling — and the three disputes that come up every time.
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Draft Survey Explained: How a Coal & Bulk Draft Survey Is Calculated
How a draft survey works step by step: six draught readings, trim and deflection corrections, density, ballast and constants — and where the errors that cost real money come from.