IMC Surveyors

International Marine & Cargo Surveyors Since 1994

Our Services

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Draft Survey

Conducting initial and final draft survey prior to and upon completion of loading/discharging any/and all bulk cargoes, with the exception of liquid petroleum and chemical products, to determine the quantity loaded/discharged.

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Hatch Cover/Access Way Sealing

Sealing together with the Chief/Duty Officer and/or Master, all hatch covers/hold access ways on completion of loading to minimize the possibility of unauthorized entry between loading and discharge port. A Hatch Cover/Access Way Sealing Plan would be prepared onboard and countersigned by the vessel’s representative, Shipper’s representative, Charterer’s representative (If applicable) and our inspector.

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Loss Prevention Surveys

A “Loss Prevention Survey” is normally conducted for bagged / bulk agricultural products.
Prior loading, the vessel’s hatch covers and hold access way are inspected to insure the rubber seals are intact; the ventilation shafts to insure they are clean, dry and suitable to load; and all internal pipe work and manhole covers to insure there are no signs of leakage.
Whenever possible, we conduct a watertight hose test to the hatch covers.
Oversee the loading to insure no damaged bags are loaded and/or no untoward incidents occur.
Monitor the moisture of the cargo to insure that not exceed the allowable percentage and reject any bags that exceeded the allowable percentage or, when loading at Ko Sichang Anchorage, where rejection would create problems for the Shipper/charterer, and to insure that all bags with high moisture content are separated / rejected.

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Containerized cargo

Scope of Survey:

Inspecting condition of container prior to loading.
Weighing Supervision
Sampling / Analysis (Polarisation, Moisture and Colour)
Loading Supervision
Issuance of Weight and Quality Certificates

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Hatch Cleanliness Inspection

Inspecting the vessel’s cargo compartments prior loading operation for cleanliness, dryness and suitability to load all packaged/unpackaged and bulk cargoes, both dry and liquid, with the exception of refined petroleum and chemical products in bulk.

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Tally & Condition Survey

Supervision of discharge, Tallying & Condition of cargo (discharge from vessel into lighter or into warehouse).

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Supervision of discharging, weighing and condition of steel cargoes at BKK/Ko Sichang

Scope of Survey:

Full supervision during discharge onboard the vessel.
Tallying the quantity of cargo unloaded from the vessel to lighter.
Protesting the vessel for any damage or shortage to the cargo.
Sealing the lighter.
Tallying the quantity of cargo unloaded from the lighter onto delivery trucks.
Protesting the lighter for any shortage delivered cargo
Supervision of weighing at receivers trucks scale.
Issuing survey certificate

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Supervision of loading sugar in bags

Scope of Survey:

Inspecting the cargo compartments of the ocean vessel which propose to load cargo.
Weighing Supervision
Sampling / Analysis (Polarisation, Moisture and Colour)
Loading Supervision
Issuance of Weight and Quality Certificates

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On-Hire/Off-Hire

Sounding/gauging all bunkers tanks, together with the Chief Engineer, to determine the quantities of bunkers remaining on board the vessel at a specified time.

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Tallying/Checker onboard

Tallying the quantity of cargo loaded from lighter/ warehouse into vessel.

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Supervision of discharge/weighing/packing and condition of fertilizer in bulk

Scope of Survey:

Full supervision during discharging onboard the vessel.
Protesting the vessel for any damage to the cargo.
Sealing the lighter.
Full supervision during discharging cargo from the lighter (Control the quantities of trucks by issuing truck tickets and weighing)
Conducting Draft Survey (Initial and Final)
Issuing survey certificate.

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Supervision of loading sugar in bulk

Scope of Survey:

Inspecting the cargo compartments of the ocean vessel which propose to load cargo.
Weighing Supervision
Sampling / Analysis (Polarisation, Moisture and Colour)
Loading Supervision
Issuance of Weight and Quality Certificates

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Laboratory Services

Our equipments are of international standards with well-trained staff. IMC Laboratory keeps up to date with latest technologies to support our duties certified by ISO/IEC17025.

We are providing tests for the following:

Sugar (Polarization, Moisture,Color, pH)
Syrup (BRIX, Color, pH)
Molasses ( TSAI, BRIX)

About Us
The Best For the Job

INTERNATIONAL MARINE & CARGO SURVEYORS COMPANY LIMITED or IMC Surveyors is an independent and impartial marine and cargo surveyors.

Our company was established in 1994 by a group of more than 20-year experience in this field. We employ both highly experienced, technically qualified personnel and well trained inspectors.

Moreover, we have Master Mariner, Chief Engineer, technical, and administration personnel as consultants.

We are involved only in the field of cargo surveying and technical service inspections which is not part of a larger group or organization involved in any other activities that could be possibly be construed to effect our impartiality or independence. We highly certify that our reports are accepted by the Major Cargo Co-operation, International Trading House, Government Department and International Underwriters.

IMC Surveyors is also a member for both The Sugar Association of London and Refined Sugar Association as affiliate.