Reference no: EM132162422

Marine Engineering Surveys

You have been requested to perform a pre-purchase condition survey on a 42,000 Gross Tonne, 1990 built, Crude Oil Tanker. The ship is single screw and is provided with three diesel generator sets plus one shaft alternator. The scope of your survey will include all areas of the engine room, all areas of the cargo pump room, all engine room machinery, deck machinery and cargo handling machinery, along with associated documentation.
Running tests are to be performed wherever possible.

A surveyor from another survey company will simultaneously be performing a pre- purchase condition survey of the hull structure for your joint client.

This will be the first time that you have been instructed by this client.

You have been advised that if the vessel is purchased, the new owner will replace the existing crew with their own officers and ratings.

The vessel must be surveyed at the port of Istanbul, Turkey, during unloading operations at an oil terminal. The expected time alongside the terminal is six to eight hours.

a) Describe your initial preparations outlining any logistical problems and obstacles that you might expect to encounter.

b) Describe in detail, the procedure that you would adopt, from arrival onboard until leaving the vessel, to ensure that you collect accurate and sufficient evidence for you to draw a correct conclusion.

c) Provide a detailed and formatted report to your principles explaining which items of machinery you have surveyed, the scope and extent of these surveys and, your findings from both the survey and the documentation review.

For the purposes of this case study you may use a fictitious vessel and select a Flag Administration and Classification Society of your choice. You are not required to provide in depth detail of class and flag requirements, but reference should be made to these in general terms.