One of the main trend of company VOLANS SHIPPING is control and management of loading/discharging ships in "British", "Turkish", "Black Sea" Ports and "Hong Kong" Port Captain/Supercargo attendance.
Port Captains/Supercargoes of our company are "oceangoing master" professionals, having many years experience in this work all over the world, they are specialists with higher marine education and sufficient practice on large capacity vessels. The main duty of Port Captain/Supercargo is to protect the clients´ interests, save their time and worn them against extra expenses. Large experience of our Port Captains/Supercargoes allows to foresee and caution the client against undesirable situation on board the ship. Constant supervision for the proper stowage, separation and lashing of the cargo is a guarantee of quick and safe cargo operations; this is a safe navigation and cargo delivery to the port of destination. Daily reports and photos with competent comments and advices will show you a real situation on board the ship.
Supercargoes and Port Captains/Supercargoes will help you to speed up the process of cargo operations and in that way to save/to earn funds for client and compensate expenses in full for our service in the port.
Being on board the vessel, the Port Captain/Supercargo of our company can perform all kinds of marine survey on ship ( On/Off – hire, Bunker, Draft, Lashing, Damage and other, even urgent surveys); it allows you to save time and money.
There is a convenient way to monitor port activities without the expense of sending a port captain. Remote Reporting will provide your vessels with a digital camera and instructions for photographing port operations. The Captain or Mates will then photograph the discharging operations. The pictures are transmitted to our email box at the end of each day via the our email systems. Within a couple of hours, a secure website is made available for viewing. The website will include all the pictures sent to us along with additional information provided by the Master and the agent. Our Supercargo / Port Captain service is an economical service that "puts you there," providing a crucial link between your operations office and your operations. The information is available almost instantly, giving you the opportunity to change procedures during an operation. You can also provide the websites to your customers as an add-on service. The pages are secured with a user name and password. They can be viewed by as many or as few people as you desire for the same cost.
* We may mention the following inspection services:
- inspection – survey to products, goods, cargo - lashing monitoring, calcalating and certification - vessel suitability survey for intended cargo/voyage - inspection of weight, quantity, condition, quality, dimension, packing,marking & export / import cargo / tally - on-hire, off-hire & condition survey - prevention inspection of damage and/or loss on goods - pre-entry/pre-purchase survey - draft survey - Container Loading Inspection (CLI) - loss extent - deadweight survey / deadweight calculation - supervision and coordination during operations - planning of load rotation and cargo handling procedures - reporting to and advising client before and during operations with regard to performance - fully comprehensive reporting after operations, including statement of facts, final stowage plan, diagrams of lashing arrangement, photos, etc.
After finishing cargo operations Port Captain/Supercargo makes a full report about the performed work, attaching the following documents:
Final Cargo Plan
Stowage scheme with photos of loaded cargo per holds
Hatch list with separation of the cargo per lots
Discharging advices with recommendations as to speeding up of process in the port of discharge.
Port Captain/Supercargo of company VOLANS Shipping is your representative on board. Having your representative on board the ship, you and your company will be confident in the success of joint business, reputation of your company will be supported with our professional work.
Lashing Calculation: Lashing Calculation is one of our work. VOLANS Shipping performs control for the stowage and lashing of deck cargo with attached proper calculation and lashing certificate. Our Port Captain/Supercargo makes calculation for each cargo unit, taking into consideration utilizing materials for lashing and their strength. Permanent control and management will allow to obtain desirable results. It will fully protect your cargo from any shifting during transportation. If necessary we can provide certified lashing materials and also fumigated dunnage, and its delivery at earliest possible date.
Oversize cargo or it is necessary to make special strengthening constructions, VOLANS Shipping can give a professional shore gang for lashing of your cargo.