SHORTAGE ON BUNKER SUPPLY IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
LAST WEEK WE ATTENDED IN RIO DE JANEIRO INNER ANCHORAGE FOR BQS, AND WITNESSED A SHORTAGE OF 53 MT!
WE BOARDED THE VESSEL BEFORE ARRIVAL OF THE BUNKER BARGE.
CAREFULLY SOUNDED ALL TANKS, JOINTLY WITH CHIEF ENGINEER, AND WAITED FOR THE BUNKER BARGE.
THE BUNKER BARGE ARRIVED AND SAFELY MADE ALONGSIDE THE VESSEL.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VESSEL´S LADDER WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE / REACHED THE BARGE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO SOUND THE BARGE’S TANKS.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE CALCULATIONS, A SHORTAGE OF 53.058 MT WAS ASCERTAINED WHEN COMPARING THE QUANTITY RECEIVED ACCORDING TO THE VESSEL’S TANK MEASUREMENTS WITH THE QUANTITY DECLARED IN THE BUNKER DELIVERY NOTE (BDN) ISSUED BY THE BARGE.
THE METHOD UTILIZED FOR THE QUANTITIES RAISED BY THE BARGE WAS BY THE FLOWMETER.
WE REQUESTED THE INITIAL AND FINAL TANK SOUNDING REPORT FROM THE BARGE MASTER BUT THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE.
<<<IMPORTANT>>> DURING THE BUNKER SUPPLY OPERATION BY THE BARGE, THERE WERE ABOUT 4 INTERRUPTIONS OF 15 MINUTES EACH DURING THE PUMPING PROCESS, DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH ONE OF THE BUNKER BARGE’S GENERATORS, WHICH MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE QUANTITY DELIVERED.
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF PUMPING, THE SURVEYOR AND VESSEL´S CREW MEASURED THE VESSEL´S TANKS THAT RECEIVED THE BUNKERS.
APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST SOUNDING, ALL VLSFO TANKS WERE RE-SOUNDED AND RESULTS STILL REMAINED THE SAME.
WE REQUESTED TO OPEN THE TANK´S ELLIPSIS COVER AND ALSO CARRIED OUT A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BUNKER TANKS TO CHECK FOR ANY SIGNS OF “CAPPUCCINO EFFECT.”
HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO BUBBLES ON BUNKER’S SURFACE OR ANY INDICATION OF AERATION [CAPPUCCINO EFFECT].
A THIRD SOUNDING WAS CARRIED OUT AFTER THE TANK WAS OPENED AND REDID THE SOUNDING, BOTH DEEP SOUNDING AND ULLAGE, DIRECTLY IN THE TANK AND ALSO PERFORMED AN AIR BLOW, BUT NOTHING CHANGED THE RESULT.
ALL SOUNDINGS PERFORMED CONFIRMED THE SHORTAGE OF 53.058 MT BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS TAKEN ON BOARD THE VESSEL.
<<<MOST IMPORTANT>>> OUR CLIENT HAS ALL THE EVIDENCE OF SHORTAGE, TO LODGE A CLAIM AGAINST THE SUPPLIER. OUR SURVEY REPORT HAS THE CERTIFICATES ISSUED ABOARD, ATTESTING THE SHORTAGE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PHOTOS OF THE BUNKER SUPPLY DEPICTING ALL STEPS [TANKS SOUNDING, HOSE CONNECTION, SAMPLING IN VESSEL’S MANIFOLD, OPENING TANKS ELLIPSIS].
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