Our Services
Ship & Marine Surveys
- Pre-Purchase Condition Inspection
- P&I and H&M Condition Surveys
- Vessel General Condition Surveys
- Hull Damage Surveys
- Draught & Deadweight Surveys
- Cargo Gear Inspection and Damage Survey
- On/Off hire Bunker & Condition Surveys
- Collisions / Grounding
- Hatch Cover Leak Test
Cargo & Container Surveys
- Draught Surveys
- Hatch Cleanliness Inspection
- Steel & General cargo Pre-shipment & condition Surveys
- Break-bulk Cargo In-stow and Outturn Surveys and Claims
- Grain & Bulk cargo sampling
- Cargo Pilferage
- Containerized Cargo Claims
- Break Bulk Loading / Discharge
- Out turn Cargo Surveys
- Cargo Damage Surveys
- Bagged and Bulk Cargo Surveys
- Tallying n Supervision
- Lashing and Securing of Cargo
- Weighing and Measurement of Cargo
- Cargo Quality Surveys
Insurance Surveys & Loss Adjusting
As Loss adjusters we investigate complex or contentious claims on behalf of underwriters. We investigate the scene of an incident, establish the causes of the ‘loss’ (damage or destruction of property) and whether it is covered by the insurance policy.
Claims could be caused by a wide range of incidents including collision, grounding flood, accident, fire, theft or fraud, giving the job plenty of variety. Our professional team is skilled in Accountancy, Surveying, Information Technology, Engineering, Valuation and all aspects of Loss Adjusting and Loss Prevention
BSL has experienced and professional technical surveyors in the insurance field in assessing / adjusting the loss in the following areas
- Marine Cargo
- P&I, Marine Liability & Loss of Hire (LOH)
- Contractor all risk (CAR)
- Erection all risk (EAR)
- Hull & Machinery
- Miscellaneous
- Accident Investigation
- Fire
Oil, Petroleum, Chemical & Gas
- Petroleum and Petrochemicals Quantity/Quality Determination
- LPG, LNG and Chemicals Quantity determination
- STS, SPM & Terminal Discharging
- Inspection and sampling of shore tanks prior loading / discharge
- Witnessing and / or analysis of cargoes prior to shipment
- Inspection of vessel's tanks prior loading / after discharge.
- Gauging / ullaging of vessel's tanks after loading / prior discharge.
- Inspection of shore / vessel's lines, pumps and other facilities.
- Continuous attendance during operations.
- Sampling of cargoes pre-discharged and post loading from vessel's tanks
Consulting
- Out turn Cargo Surveys
- Cargo Damage Surveys
- Bagged and Bulk Cargo Surveys
- Tallying n Supervision
- Lashing and Securing of Cargo
- Weighing and Measurement of Cargo
- Cargo Quality Surveys
Ultra Sonic Testing
- Out turn Cargo Surveys
- Cargo Damage Surveys
- Bagged and Bulk Cargo Surveys
- Tallying n Supervision
- Lashing and Securing of Cargo
- Weighing and Measurement of Cargo
- Cargo Quality Surveys
Safety Audits
Pre-Vetting Inspection of Bulk Carriers
- Experience in carrying out various safety audits according to the latest industry standards. Audits and inspections are performed to ensure and measure the degree of implementation and effectiveness of arrangements in place. This is in fact a periodical verification of the effectiveness of the Safety Management System and the compliance with rules.
- We have a monitoring tool that allows us to analyses outcomes of audits/inspection and vetting and can show trend lines of observed deficiencies.
- Audits / Inspections / Vetting are performed by either authorities, recognized bodies like Class or representatives of 3rd parties like oil majors.
- A Pre-vetting Inspection can help minimising or even eliminating the risk of negative observations.
- During a Pre-vetting Inspection we visit the vessel and perform an in-depth inspection covering all areas in order to prepare the vessel for an upcoming vetting.
- The overall objective is to identify any deficiencies which, according to the inspector’s experience, are likely to cause a negative response during a Vetting.
- During the inspection the crew responsible for the various departments on board are given on the spot guidance in order to prepare them best possible for a vetting.