PRE-DISCHARGE CARGO CONDITION & OUTTURN TALLY CARRIED OUT

We, Constellation Marine Services LLC as independent ship and marine surveyors, having its presence in all the ports in UAE, often get instructions from our principals like ship owners, charterers and P & I clubs for Pre-discharge cargo condition survey & out-turn tally to be carried out onboard general cargo vessels. Recently we got a nomination from one of our clients to carry out Pre-discharge cargo condition survey & out-turn tally on board a general cargo carrier and report on the exceptions noted during our attendance. Our surveyor, a Master Mariner upon receiving instruction for the survey contacted the concerned local agent & arranged to attend the survey on board the vessel in relation to pre-discharge cargo condition.

Upon receiving the information from the local agent our attending surveyor & tally officials boarded the vessel. Upon boarding the vessel, he met the Master/Chief officer & explained our purpose of the attendance. He was informed by Master that Vessel had loaded a cargo of Prime HR coils from India to discharge at 2 different ports in UAE.

1st discharge port:

Upon boarding the vessel, our surveyor had a toolbox meeting with the Master, chief officer & port officials. Chief Officer informed that the coils were stowed in all her 5 holds for discharge at its 1st discharge port. Coils were to be discharged using ships crane (SWL 30 T). Our attending surveyor verified the certificates of deck crane &lifting gears found them valid. Stevedore foreman informed the master that 2 gangs would be deployed for cargo operation & to be continued till cargo completion.

After toolbox meeting hatch covers were opened in front of our attending surveyors & port officials. Coils were found well stowed & secured. Master informed us that vessel didn't encounter any rough weather throughout her voyage. All the cargo in 5 holds was inspected by our surveyors before commencing discharging. Some coils were noted with minor rusting Silver nitrate test was carried out on random coils in all 5 holds and found with negative saline reaction confirming free from sea water contact. Chain slings were used for discharge operation which were inspected & found adequate for discharge operation. Tally officials were deployed at pier side & advised to note down the operational damages to cargo and keep count of the packages throughout the cargo operation. Cargo was discharged & stored in open yard inside port premises.

After completion of cargo operation our attending surveyor provided the exception list with remarks & same was acknowledged by master. Local agent informed the master that after paper work he may inform the port that vessel was ready for sailing. Upon completion of discharging operation our surveyor inspected the cargo holds and confirmed that no cargo manifested for the first port left on board undercharged. Accordingly, master had given us the next port ETA.

2nd discharge port:

Upon berthing of the vessel our attending surveyors boarded the vessel & inspected again all 5 holds to ensure that the cargo didn't sustain any damage during her voyage. After toolbox meeting master informed that vessel was ready in all aspects for cargo operation. Foreman informed master that cargo would be stored in open yard after discharge from the vessel. Tally officials were deployed at pier side to note down the operational damages and to keep count of the packages. Silver nitrate test has been conducted on random coils & found negative. On completion of discharge operation Exception list was provided to master with remarks & same has been acknowledged by master. After discharge operation cargo holds were inspected by attending surveyor & chief officer. And confirmed no cargo was left on board or carried away by ship.

A detailed survey report was prepared with photographs of the cargo in stow in each cargo hold and damages noted on the cargo. The same was forwarded to our client who acknowledged their satisfaction of our survey.

CARGO OPERATION PHOTOGRAPHS:

Prepared by Engr. Vignesh Prabhu | Naval Architect | Batch of 2014
Employed as staff surveyor with Constellation Marine Services Dubai office.