Marine Surveys
Marine & Cargo Surveys, Consultations, Inspections and Testing Services
IMS provides an extensive range of marine, cargo and technical services to the shipping industry – Ship Owners, Charterers, Underwriters, P & I Clubs, Terminals and Stevedores, Law Firms, Flag States inspections, etc. Such services include (but are not limited to): Vessel condition, pre-purchase, on/off hire, pre-loading inspections, draft surveys, heavy-lift and project cargo loading as well as bulk cargo handling & securing, damage investigation and expert witness to mention a few.
Documentation
IMS will issue all required documents as per governing contract and our Clients’ requirements.
- Certificate of Weight
- Certificate of Quality/Analysis
- Certificate of Sampling
- Certificate of Hold/Tank Cleanliness
- Certificate of Origin
- Phytosanitary Certificate (Non-governmental version)
Survey types
- Draft Survey and/or Deadweight Survey
- On/Off Hire – Vessel’s Condition and/or Bunker
- Sealing of Hatches/Valves
- Loading/Discharging Survey/Supervision
- Bulk cargoes – coal, concentrates, ores, sulphur, potash and other commodities
- Steel products
- Grains, seeds, canola meal/pellets and other bulk foodstuffs
- Forest products including lumber, logs, pulp and newsprint
- Machinery and motor vehicles
- Project and heavy lift cargoes
- Bulk liquids – edible oils, tallow, petroleum and chemicals
- Frozen and chilled meats and seafood
- Containerized and reefer cargoes
- Scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- Waste paper and plastics
IMS offers a team of highly-qualified surveyors and inspectors to meet the complete needs of the modern inter-modal, commodity supply and trading industries. Our professionals have a wide range of cargo and marine experience and can handle all types of surveys and inspections, including:
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Container surveys inclusive of reefers and flat-racks
- Ro/Ro’s operations
- General cargo, bulk and forest product carriers
- VLCC’s and tankers
- Oil terminal and bunkering operations
- Port, stevedore and container terminal operations
- Class Surveys for several Classification Associations
- Statutory flag state inspections and investigations
- Coastal, Arctic, deep-sea towing
- Offshore oil exploration
- Fish farming and deep-sea fishing
- Small vessel and yacht survey and/or delivery
