Marine service
A delivery take-over survey documents the ship at the moment she changes hands. The surveyor attends for the buyer, confirms condition, class status and quantities on board, and supports the handover paperwork. The result is a record that protects the buyer if later disputes arise about what was delivered. Reports include quantity calculations and photographs.
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20 Years in business
Anchor House Marine Surveys is run by Rupert Keyzar (AssocIIMS), who has surveyed yachts since 2006 after a background in motor yachts, classic yachts and historic ships. He has inspected hundreds of yachts from many builders and specialises in classic craft in wood or steel, whether sail, motor or steam. Based on the Hamble river in Hampshire, he covers the main marinas there and at Chichester and Poole.
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20 Years in business
Boxer Shipping is a ship agency in Lebanon founded in 2006 and belongs to the Henry Heald Group, ISO certified and carrying P&I cover with the London Club. It represents principals such as Wallenius Wilhelmsen, ARC and EUKOR in all Lebanese ports and handles container ships, ro-ro, general cargo, cruise ships and tankers, along with customs clearance and freight forwarding. Among its subsidiary services it sends qualified divers and surveyors to carry out hull and redelivery surveys and for underwater inspection and repair.
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Seanergy Marine Srl, based on Via Oberdan in Senigallia, provides yacht surveys and technical support on new-build yachts for private owners, dealers and management companies. It also manages refits and re-equipment and resolves technical problems, and is a certified Alfa Laval distributor offering technical assistance in parts of Italy. Services include pre-purchase, insurance and condition surveys, valuations and claims work, at locations from Genova, La Spezia and Ancona to Antibes and Cannes.
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SailADV Group is an Italian engineering and technology company for the yachting sector, started by data and measurement specialist and sailor Giovanni Palamà. Through its quality survey and technical compliance arm it puts certified surveyors and engineers into shipyards to inspect systems and materials, validate production and maintenance processes and run acceptance tests, checking work against ISO, RINA and Lloyd's Register requirements for yards and owners. Other divisions cover measurement and testing, failure analysis and production quality engineering.
Ethos Marine Surveyors works in Southwest Florida from Port Charlotte, inspecting boats for buyers, sellers and owners. Its surveys cover hull, engines, electrical systems and onboard equipment, and it offers pre-purchase, insurance and finance, and pre-sale surveys. Pre-purchase surveys are priced per foot for boats of 18 to 45 ft and include a short sea trial, an out-of-water bottom check and travel within an hour of Port Charlotte.
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About this service
A delivery take-over survey is performed on the day, or in the hours around, a ship's transfer from seller to buyer. For second-hand tonnage, the contract is usually a Saleform memorandum of agreement, and delivery takes place at an agreed port or anchorage with a protocol of delivery and acceptance signed by both sides. The buyer's surveyor checks that what is handed over matches what was promised.
Newbuilding deliveries follow a different path. The owner's site team and a delivery surveyor accept the ship from the yard after trials, and final inspection focuses on punch-list items, outstanding class and flag items, and the guarantee regime. On both kinds, the surveyor is working to a checklist built around the contract.
Typical tasks include confirming class status and certificate validity with the society, checking that any conditions of class imposed before the sale have been dealt with, and comparing the vessel against the condition at the previous inspection. Quantities of bunkers and lubricants are measured by soundings, with density and temperature, because these are normally paid for in addition to the price. Provisions, spare parts, stores, charts and publications, and the ship's documents and records are inventoried. Damage that has arisen since the earlier inspection is photographed and noted.
Ask a prospective surveyor whether they will be on board throughout the handover, whether they can check underwater condition through a diver's report where the contract provides for one, and whether they can attend at short notice in a remote port.
The deliverables are a handover report with quantity calculations, a photographic record, a list of deficiencies at the time of delivery, and, if applicable, notes for a letter of reservation to the seller.
Typical issues are lower-than-agreed fuel quantities, missing spare parts, certificates close to expiry, and unreported damage since the inspection.