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Louis Koutelas
Hunter Marine Surveyors
Overview
Who is the draft surveyor
What is a draft survey
The changing role of the surveyor
The use of portable computing
Draught Surveying
Who is the draught surveyor
Qualifications and Experience
Generally seagoing background
Wide variety of vessels
Draught Surveying
How does a draught survey work?
Archimedes Principle states that ;
Depth
Length
Depth
Length
Using a laptop
Quicker but requires going back to the office
Some offices are on the bridge
Using a handheld
Even quicker again and provides instant results
Much faster error checking
Reporting
Clients want their reports yesterday
Using computers for calculation and transposing
data to a report form cuts down on reporting
errors
Makes report generation almost instantaneous
Using VBA in Microsoft Office to customize reports
Bulk Terminals
Bulk export tonnage is increasing
Time is money
All delays are accounted for to the nearest minute
Poor performance notices are issued
Poor performers are not accepted in future
Only using good performers increases port throughput
Planned to sail
with ballast in
APT & No5
Ended up loading
to her marks and
deballasted
completely
loading an extra
1455 tonnes
Cargo Distribution
Poor distribution results in sag
Sag is a bending of the vessel in the middle
Midship drafts are greater than the mean of fore & aft
De-Ballasting
Traditionally vessels stop loading to de-ballast if the
load rate is too high
Is it necessary to strip all tanks completely ?
Loading to summer draft
Do not stop for de-ballasting
Take less cargo
Summation
Terminal pressure to minimise delays means that;
Draught Surveys must be conducted quickly and
accurately
Trimming survey is conducted as quickly as possible
Use of hand held computers help achieve both