2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16
Surveyor is a word that not every Russian entrepreneur knows. We can say that in Russian it is synonymous with the word "expert". The institute of surveyors has long been functioning in the system of trade, commodity production and transportation of goods from the sender to the addressee. Moreover, this process goes through all links of the transport chain. Survey services are the establishment of the fact, nature and extent of damage to the cargo, as well as the determination of the quantity and quality of goods, their compliance with transportation or contract conditions. In some cases, the expert is required to establish the circumstances of the incident and restore the full picture of events.
Specific work
The transport process is a chain consisting of numerous links. In addition to the main three - the recipient, the carrier and the sender, it also includes a number of additional ones - storage facilities, forwarders, charterer, insurer, commodity producer, hydraulicstructures. The need to assess the transportation of goods may arise at any stage of transportation. And very often it happens that the punishment for losses is not at all the guilty participant in the process. To identify the person responsible for the losses, there are surveyor services. This is a series of actions carried out by an independent expert in order to establish both the source of monetary losses and the causes of this event.
History of Appearance
Abroad, insurance companies, as well as arbitration and judicial practice, have long been using the services of surveyors. Moreover, it is imperative that they be independent and cannot underestimate or exaggerate possible losses.
Most likely, survey services would never have appeared in our country. It was an initiative of foreign partners whose interests clashed with Russian ones on the maritime borders. The first domestic survey company has been proving its right to exist for several years. For a very long time, Russian manufacturers and traders could not realize the significance of such services. The understanding of their importance came with the analysis of the first precedents in foreign courts. Then it became clear that in order to win the case, it is necessary to support your own arguments with some evidence.
Draft Survey
All participants in the transport process emphasize the importance of determining the amount of cargo. Packaged cargoes are easy to count, but there is a problem with bulk cargoes. Weighing on special container scales,cars, wagons, etc., requires a lot of time and significant labor costs. In each weighing, there is a high probability of errors that accumulate over time, providing unscrupulous participants in the transaction with an opportunity for deception. To ensure the integrity of such operations, the provision of survey services is required.
There is a technology that eliminates cheating when weighing. It's called "draft survey". Its meaning is that the ship itself is weighed before loading and after. In this case, the weight of the cargo is determined with an accuracy of 0.1 percent.
Cargo safety
This is one of the most common reasons why participants in the transport process enter into a contract for surveyor services. To avoid unauthorized access to the cargo, it is necessary to install seals on trailers, containers, holds, etc. But it is not so much the presence of seals that is important, but the correctness of their setting. And only an independent surveyor can professionally perform this procedure. At the final stage of cargo delivery, he will personally verify the safety of the seals.
Certification
In many companies, this procedure is included in the survey services. This is the receipt of a signed certificate from the expert, in which he certifies that, for example, the cargo is secured and stowed in accordance with international standards. Therefore, it is completely safe for the ship and will not be damaged during sea transportation. All this is done both in the interests of the insurer (or cargo owner) in order to avoid exorbitant costs, and in the interests ofcarrier to release liability for the integrity of the cargo.
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