The transport of liquid bulk cargo refers mainly to crude oil, fuel oil, chemicals and vegetable oils, but can also mean fruit juice concentrate.
Investigation of claims on liquid cargo is completely different from that of solid cargoes. More than for other cargoes, the investigation of claims on liquid bulk cargo requires an analytical approach: not only literally by using special laboratories for sampling and analyzing but also figuratively by checking the vast amount of records made by the crew during pre-loading and transportation.
MMES has a dedicated team of tanker specialists with extensive practical experience in tanker operations from many years at different command levels on board seagoing vessels.
Members of the team have worked for companies ranked amongst the highest in the industry for their safety culture.
Our services in this area include:
- Incident investigation
- Investigations into cause and extent of cargo claim / loss
- Investigation into quality, quantity and condition disputes
- Advice on transport and storage requirements
- Supervision and advice on sampling, testing and analyses
- Advice on tank cleaning and inspection
- Advice on tank coating and corrosion issues and
- Bunker quality disputes