SUPER BUNKER FINDING
LAST WEEK WE CARRIED OUT BUNKER DETECTIVE SURVEY [221b] ON A RO-RO VESSEL, AT VITORIA PORT, WITH AN AWESOME FINDING:
WE FOUND: (+) 75.458 MT OF VLSFO AND (+) 18.278 MT OF LSMGO!
THE BUNKERS FOUND, REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY:
VLSFO: USD 850/MT x 75.485 = USD 64,139.3
LSMGO: USD 1,100/MT x 18.278 = USD 20,105.8
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TOTAL: USD 84,245.1
THOSE BUNKERS WERE NOT DECLARED IN THE ENGINE LOG BOOK.
AFTER THE BUNKER SURVEY, THE ENGINE LOG BOOK WAS UPDATED TO THE SURVEY RESULT.
IF OUR CLIENT DIDN’T APPOINT US FOR THE UNANNOUNCED BUNKER DETECTIVE SURVEY, THE VESSEL’S CREW COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, “SELL” THE CONCEALED BUNKERS TO A BUNKER BARGE.
THAT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMING UNANNOUNCED BUNKER DETECTIVE SURVEY [221b].
CURIOSITY: RO-RO VESSEL [ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF] ARE VESSELS DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT WHEELED, SELF-PROPELLED CARGOES LIKE CARS, TRUCKS AND HEAVY MACHINERY. INSTEAD OF USING CRANES, VEHICLES ARE DRIVEN DIRECTLY ONTO THE SHIP AND, THEREAFTER, DRIVEN OFF AT THEIR DESTINATION.
WE ARE READY TO PERFORM BUNKER SURVEY!
COUNT ON US!
IMPORTANCE OF HOLDS PRE-INSPECTION
WE WERE APPOINTED TO ATTEND AS PROTECTIVE SURVEYORS ON A VESSEL THAT WAS DISCHARGING IN DAKAR [SENEGAL] AND WOULD CALL BARCARENA [BRAZIL TO LOAD GRAINS – OUR MISSION WAS TO PREPARE THE HOLDS TO GRAIN CLEANLINESS CONDITION.
WE ATTENDED A VESSEL IN DAKAR [SENEGAL], CLOSE TO THE COMPLETION OF DISCHARGING OPERATION, IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE HOLDS CONDITION, SINCE THE VESSEL’S NEXT CALL WAS BARCARENA [BRAZIL] FOR LOADING GRAINS.
OUR JOB IN THIS MISSION WAS TO:
AA) PERFORM HOLDS PRE-INSPECTION CLOSE TO THE COMPLETION OF DISCHARGING IN DAKAR [SENEGAL].
BB) REMOTELY ASSIST THE MASTER ON HOLDS CLEANING DURING THE BALLAST LEG FROM DAKAR TO BARCARENA.
CC) PERFORM HOLDS INSPECTION IN FAZENDINHA ANCHORAGE [BRAZIL], IN ORDER TO GUIDE THE CREW ON NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS / CLEANING UPGRADES.
DD) JOIN THE SHIPPER’S SURVEYORS’ OFFICIAL HOLDS INSPECTION AT BARCARENA [BRAZIL], AS PROTECTIVE SURVEYORS, IN ORDER TO ASSIST ON HOLDS APPROVAL.
WHILE IN DAKAR [SENEGAL] WE GUIDED THE CREW ON THE AREAS TO BE UPDATED [SCRAP PAINT SCALES AND RETOUCH, PAY ATTENTION TO CONCEALED SPACES, SUCH AS: BETWEEN FRAMES, BEHIND PIPELINES AND LADDERS, ETC].
DURING THE BALLAST LEG FROM DAKAR TO BARCARENA, THE MASTER SHARED WITH US UPDATES WITH PHOTOS DEPICTING THE HOLDS CONDITION AND WE RENDERED DETAILED INSTRUCTION ON THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS / CLEANING UPGRADES.
WHEN WE ATTENDED ALONE IN FAZENDINHA ANCHORAGE FOR A PRELIMINARY HOLDS INSPECTION, WE POINTED OUT ALL THE DEFICIENCES FOUND [TIRE MARKS TRANSFERRING BLACK DUST, WHITE DUST ON LOWER HOPPERS AND BULKHEADS, MOP AND SWEEP THE RUSTY SCRATCHES ON TANK TOPS] AND INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO RECTIFY.
THE VESSEL’S CREW PROCEEDED WITH THE CLEANING RECOMMENDATIONS RENDERED BY OUR SURVEYORS.
ONCE THE VESSEL WAS BERTHED ALONGSIDE BARCARENA, ALL HOLDS WERE APPROVED BY THE SHIPPER’S SURVEYORS, WITHOUT ANY DELAY.
NOW, IMAGINE IF THE CLIENT DIDN’T APPOINT A PROTECTIVE SURVEYOR?
WHEN THE VESSEL BERTHED IN BARCARENA, HOLDS WOULD HAVE BEEN SURELY REJECTED BY THE SHIPPER’S SURVEYORS, LEADING TO A MAJOR FINANCIAL LOSS [DELAYS, OFF HIRE, PILOT, TUGS, DEMURRAGE ETC].
SOME NICE PHOTOS OF SURVEYS PERFORMED LAST WEEK
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