Surveyors are fully trained and certified. They go through a rigorous screening process for competence, integrity, fair-mindedness and leadership.
Surveyors shall stay on the vessel through the entire period of bunkering and take measurements of tanks before and after, for both the barge and the vessel.
They use their own measuring tapes and digital thermometers.
Surveyor’s monitor the bunker flow pattern through the hose and detect any cappuccino being induced during pumping, thereby ruling out problems such as cappuccino bunkers, hidden fuels and quantity disputes.
Fill in the documentation and obtain a signature from all parties.
Carry out quantity calculation and give a copy to C/E.
The measurements, calculations and all relevant data are entered in field survey forms.
The measurements, calculations and all relevant data are entered in elaborate documentation and signed by all parties and a report is issued immediately.