Draft Survey: Procedures and Calculation

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The Draft Survey procedures and calculation ascertained as the following series :

  1. Reading the draftmark of the ship, which consist of six (6) points of draftmarks, i.e.; Fore, Midship, and After at both sides of the ship,
  2. Sampling and testing the sea water or dock water density at the place where the vessel floats,
  3. Determining of deductible weights by measuring and sounding of ballast tanks, fuel oil, fresh water that existing onboard at the time of survey,
  4. Using Hydrostatic Table provided onboard to calculation.

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Draft Survey: Terms of Conduct

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Aft Perpendicular (AP) : an imaginary vertical line, at right angles to the keel,  passing through the first frame and so located on or nearby the ship’s rudder post.

Ballast Tanks : tanks aboard the vessel specially designed to receive ballast water or, in the case of tanks vessels, cargo tanks used to contain ballast.
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Draft Survey Onboard of the Vessel

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Simplify, there are several steps to conduct Draft Survey on board. A marine cargo surveyor must follow the procedure that obligate to keep away from inconsiderable fault. The procedures are as below mentioned:

A. Preparing Survey Forms, Documents and Equipments.

Survey forms, documents and equipments are very important thing that have to prepare by surveyor primarily before conduct Draft Survey, because it will assist and support surveyor duties.
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Survey and Surveyor

Surveyors is the person who perform the survey physically, to observe the survey object regards to the client/costumer requested to obtain the survey data and submitted to the costumer as report of survey.

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What is survey and who is surveyor?

This blog is focused to Marine and Cargo Surveyors which concerned to survey of Vessel, Ship, In Port, Shipping, Cargo, Sea, Marine Activity, Maritime, Containers, and relates services.

As my terms; Surveys is the activity that conducted to observed one object to obtain the relevant and authentic data and publish in the report.

And Surveyors is the person who perform the survey physically, to observe the survey object regards to the client/costumer requested to obtain the survey data and submitted to the costumer as report of survey.
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Happy New Year

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Happy New Year

Wishing you a very happy new year for marine cargo ship surveyors..

Is all assignment in the last year completely done?  What is your target in this year?

For me, it has just completed at the mid of this months. I targeted to take some surveys course to advance my personal skill.

How about you? Just make any comments..

Introduction

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Hi..

I am Faisal, Indonesian and Surveyor. I would like to introduce my blog as Marine Cargo  Ship Surveyors.

This blog is purposed to show up the Marine Cargo Surveyor activities, knowledge, articles, experiences, software of survey, and others relate to marine and maritime fields.

You may share your contribution of any experiences, knowledge, e-books, software, links, or anything about marine cargo surveyor (free or not). The contribution should be addressed to faisal.yusuf (a) live.com. I am guarantee that your contribution will publish as original and with the sender name includes after having selection.

I would be glad whether this blog could be a references for marine surveyors beside many others relate sites. Any supports and contribution will be highly appreciated.

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