Value Added Services

Pacific Marine Surveyors Kenya Ltd offers a full range of commercial survey, inspection, Motor accident investigations, death claims, WIBA, goods in transit claims/ Carriers Liability fidelity guarantee, sampling and testing services with supporting Certificates and other relevant documentation, including, but not limited to the following:

1. Hold and Tank Cleanliness/Condition Surveys - vessel’s cargo worthiness, including hold or tank condition and cleanliness and the general suitability to load a particular cargo;
2. Vessel’s of On/Off Surveys - vessels’ hold condition and/or bunker on board at time of ’’on/off hire’’;
3. Compliance Surveys – verifying the Vessel’ suitability to carry cargoes governed by rules or codes, such as grain, bulk cargoes, timber deck cargoes and hazardous goods; and the practical application of local laws and customs of the trade;
4. Cargo Pre-Loading Surveys –to measure and calculate the cargo’s cubic feet/meter for freight payment/stowage purposes, and/or verify its condition by recording all visible damage before shipment and/or at the warehouse/dock for insurance purposes, carriers and/or freight forwarders;
5. Loading, Handling & Stowage Advice - including stability and stress calculations; advice on draft and trim; safe carriage and discharge; to assure the effectiveness of securing; and for recommending and supervising loading, stowage, lashing, blocking & bracing to ensure the safe carriage of the cargoes;
6. Grain Stability Separations, and Stress Calculation - assisting master in the loading planning and/or calculation to best meet the code.
7. Heavy-Lift & Project Cargo Surveys - cargo condition/handling/stowage and lashing before and during loading are mostly done on behalf of shippers, underwriters, carriers and/or freight forwarders;
8. Pre-Shipment Surveys - surveys of break-bulk cargo, especially newsprint, wood-pulp and project cargoes to ensure that bills of lading and/or mate’s receipts accurately note the apparent condition of cargo when it is loaded, and to comment on the water tightness, condition and ventilation of the vessel’s holds.
9. Out-turn Surveys - surveys of break-bulk cargo, especially steel, on arrival at the discharge port, to establish condition, any damages and/or shift of cargo that may have occurred during the voyage. This survey often requires the Silver Nitrate testing for chloride residues.
10. Draft Surveys - surveys to determine the quantity of a bulk cargo loaded/discharged by reading the vessel’s drafts, measuring the ballast water, fuel & diesel oil and other liquids on board, and calculating the final quantity by using the vessel’s approved dead-weight scales and tank tables, etc.
11. Dead-freight Surveys - to determine by measurement the amount of cargo a vessel could have loaded if all the available space was utilized. This is to determine the loss of freight due to short shipment of cargo.
12. Hatch Sealing - to ensure that no contamination and/or loss of cargo occur during passage or stopover in other Ports prior to final destination.