Specimen Cargo Discharge Survey Report

Company Logo Here

XXX Marine Consultants Ltd
Marine Consultancy • Hull, Machinery and Cargo Surveying

Street Address
Suburb and City
Tel: xxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxx
Mobiles: (+xxx) xxxxxxxx
email: xxxxx@xxxx.com

Your Ref : <Client's Reference>

Our Ref : XMC***
Date : <Date>

XXXXX

Cargo Discharge Survey

Xxxxxxx
5 – 10 May XXXX

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

Company Logo Here
XXX Marine Consultants Ltd
Marine Consultancy • Hull, Machinery and Cargo Surveying

Street Address
Suburb and City
Tel: xxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxx
Mobiles: (+xxx) xxxxxxxx
email: xxxxx@xxxx.com

Your Ref : <Client's Reference>

Our Ref : XMC***
Date : <Date>
XXXXX

Cargo Discharge Survey

Xxxxxxx
5 – 10 May XXXX

IN ACCORDANCE with instructions received from Xxxxx Marine Services, our Surveyor
attended on board XXXXX whilst alongside at Wharf No 8, Xxxxxxx, between 5 and 10 May
XXXX, for the purpose of carrying out a cargo discharge survey.

1. Vessel Particulars

XXXXX is an all steel, single screw, wood chip carrier, having six cargo holds with 3 deck cranes
of 14.5 tonne SWL, the accommodation and engine room being abaft No 6 hold.

Name: XXXXX
Type: Wood chip Carrier
Registered:
IMO No:
Call Sign:
Owners:
Operators:
Class:
Built:
GRT:
NRT:
Deadweight:
LOA:
LBP:
Dmould:
Draft:
Bmould:
Main Engine:
Speed:

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

The vessel has fore and aft folding hydraulic ram operated MacGregor type hatchcovers. There are
four hoppers situated between various cargo hatches feeding a fore and aft conveyor belt system on
the starboard main deck leading down at the forward end to an underdeck transverse self
discharging conveyor through a watertight shell door at the port bow.
2. General Arrangement

Figure 1. General arrangement of holds and tanks

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

Notes: There are no topside tanks. No 4 hold may be ballasted.

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

3. Parties Attending the Survey:

Usual list of those attending on the different dates of survey.

A draft surveyor attended on board on the morning of 6 May and evening of 9 May XXXX to carry
out a draft survey on behalf of consignees. The Master, Chief Officer and Chief Engineer were
present during most stages of the survey.

4. Background

4.1 During the previous voyage No 23, the vessel had loaded the same cargo of
Australian Eucalyptus wood chips at Xxxx South Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, for shipping to Xxxx Xxxx Pulp and Paper Co, Xxxxxxx.

4.2 The cargo was discharged at Xxxxx and it was later found that there was a
substantial amount of rust scale and paint in the cargo which resulted in a claim
against the vessel.

4.3 The same cargo was again loaded at Xxxx South Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, for shipping to Xxxx Xxxx Pulp and Paper Co, Xxxxxxx for voyage No
23.

4.4 We were subsequently requested to attend on board the vessel upon completion of
voyage No 23 at Xxxxxxx, in order to monitor the discharge process.

5. Schedule of events

6 May XXXX

0900 hrs Arrived at gangway.

1115 Boarded vessel after quarantine clearance.
1130 Draft Surveyor on board.
1430 Draft survey completed and calculations carried out.
1400 Onwards - back hoe machines loaded into holds.
1730 All conveyors started and running smoothly.
1735 Cargo discharge commenced from Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 holds.
Noted heavy contact by grabs and back hoe machines.
Compiled draft Note of Protest for Master.
1940 Discharge stopped due to problems with shoreside conveyor.
2000 Discharge recommenced.
2400 Cargo operations continuing.

7 May XXXX

0550 Cargo operations shore crane shifted from No 2 to No 3 hold

1153 Note of Protest passed to agents for delivery to receivers relating to the damage being
done to the vessel's shell and hold internals by grabs and back hoe machines.
1200 Cargo operations continuing.
1752 Cargo operations suspended due to conveyor problem.
1810 Cargo operations resumed.
2130 Ballasting commenced in No 6 P&S WB tanks.
2225 Ballasting of No 6 P&S WB tanks stopped.
2255 Ballasting of afterpeak tank commenced.

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

2350 Ballasting of after peak stopped.
2400 Cargo operations continuing in Nos 1, 2, 4 and 6 holds.

8 May XXXX

0020 Discharge stopped from No 6 hold.

0030 Discharge resumed in Nos 3 and 5 holds.
0510 Commenced ballasting No 1/2 P&S WB tanks.
0920 Stop ballasting No 1/2 P&S WB tanks.
0925 Resumed ballasting of afterpeak tank.
1030 Ballasting of afterpeak tank stopped.
1150 Cargo operations suspended while starboard conveyor wheel changed.
1200 Cargo operations resumed.
1400 Cargo operations stopped to adjust shuttle conveyor belt drive chain.
1435 Cargo operations resumed. Resumed discharge of hold Nos 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
1555 Cargo discharge completed from No 4 hold. Back hoe machine removed.
Hold inspected and found four rungs of No 4 after access ladder lower part severely
damaged and torn.
1716 Completed discharge of No 6 hold. Back hoe machine removed. No damage found.
2230 Completed cleaning No 4 cargo hold.
2240 Commenced ballasting No 4 cargo hold.
2306 Completed discharging No 1 hold.
2400 Cargo operations continuing in Nos 2, 3 and 5 holds.

9 May XXXX

0252 Temporary stop in cargo operations due to need to realign shuttle conveyor belt.
0254 Cargo operations resumed.
0300 Cargo operations stopped in No 3 hold.
0328 Cargo operations resumed in No 3 hold.
0445 Cargo operations completed in No 2. Back hoe machine removed. No damage found.
0600 Cargo operations continuing from Nos 3 and 5 holds.
0932 Completed ballasting No 4 hold.
1205 Cargo operations stopped in Nos 3 and 5 holds.
1230 Cargo operations resumed in No 5 hold.
1252 Cargo operations resumed in No 3 hold.
1305 Temporary stop in No 5 cargo hold due to grab problem.
1315 Cargo operations resumed from No 5 hold.
1420 Pressing up No 6 P&S WB tanks.
1425 Stopped ballasting No 6 P&S WB tanks.
1605 Pressing up No 3 P&S WB tanks.
1606 Stopped ballasting No 6 P&S WB tanks.
1630 Completed discharge of No 5 hold. Back hoe machine removed. No damage found.
1728 Discharge stopped from No 3 hold due to shore conveyor breakdown.
1810 Cargo operations resumed in No 3 hold.
1852 Commenced ballasting forepeak tank.
1924 Stopped ballasting forepeak tank.
1925 Resumed ballasting No 4 hold to fill to maximum level.
1935 Completed ballasting No 4 hold.
2025 Secured shuttle conveyor.
2106 Cargo operations suspended due to problem with grab.
2118 Resumed cargo discharge.
2126 Cargo discharge completed.

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

1030 Draft surveyor on board.
1130 Draft survey and calculations completed.
2400 Departed vessel.

6 Draft Surveys

6.1 We note that during the arrival draft survey the receiver's surveyor would not agree
the vessel's draft despite being provided with photographs taken of the vessel's draft
marks on arrival. A discrepancy of 1 cm was recorded.

6.2 The Chief Officer took sea water samples at the vessel's stern and used the vessel's
hydrometer to measure the density. However, the receiver's surveyor refused to
accept the ship's hydrometer stating that it had no certificate of calibration. He
insisted on using his hydrometer which showed a difference of 0.0015.

6.3 The above two discrepancies resulted in a 140 tonne shortage of cargo on board.

6.4 A draft survey was also carried out upon completion of cargo operations. The
density of the sea water was agreed. There was some debate concerning the amount
of water in No 4 hold but eventually it was agreed that there was a shortfall of 40
tonnes of cargo discharged.

6.5 As a consequence of the above we recommend that the vessel be provided with a
hydrometer having a certificate of calibration so that there can be no further disputes
at this port.

7. Cargo operations

7.1 Prior to cargo operations commencing, the Master and Chief Officer requested the
foreman to ensure that the vessel’s structure was not contacted by grabs or back hoe
machines.

7.2 Soon after cargo discharge commenced on 6 May, we noted that the stevedore crane
drivers and back hoe machine drivers were heavily contacting the vessel’s hold
internal structure.

7.3 We again requested the foreman to instruct his drivers to stop contacting the vessel’s
hold internals but without success. During the night heavy contact could be felt
inside the ship’s accommodation and was noted by officers and the undersigned.

7.4 Accordingly, on the morning of 7 May XXXX, the Master issued a Note of Protest
to the stevedores, via local agents, informing them that they would be held liable for
any damage to the vessel’s structure and any consequential damage to the cargo. We
received no feedback from the stevedores to this document.

7.5 Cargo operations continued and were monitored on a regular basis by the officers
and the undersigned. We noted and photographed frequent cases of heavy contact
with the vessel’s hold internals. We also sighted remnants of the dark liquid caused
by condensation mixing with the wood chip sap being scraped off the hold internals
on to the cargo. However, we did not sight any corrosion or paint scale dropping
into the cargo.

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.

8. Notes

This Report is issued without prejudice. In our opinion the report constitutes a statement of the
condition of the vessel at the time that the survey was carried out.

Attending Surveyor
For and on behalf of,
XXX Marine Consultants Ltd

Directors: Name, degrees, membership of professional organisations, etc.