Vessel Condition and Pre-purchase Survey is some of the most exhaustive types of inspections. The scope is the full inspection of the ship, supplemented by special areas of concern or any client’s needs. We carry out Vessel Condition Valuation Inspection & Vessel Pre-purchase Surveys on behalf of potential buyers and appointed by a wide range of companies.

Our clients include, but not limited to, Global Inspection Companies, Ship Managers, Ship Operators, Ship Owners, Ship Brokers, S&P Companies, etc.

Vessel Condition or Pre-purchase Survey involves the complete inspection of the ship:

• Hull, decks & deck machinery.
• Cargo spaces, equipment & machinery.
• Bridge, navigation & communication equipment
• Accommodation spaces.
• Ballast tanks & void spaces.
• Engine Room & all machinery spaces.
• LSA & FFE.
• Technical documentation & maintenance records.
• Statutory & Class certificates.
• Specific buyer’s requirements to target.

We can attend any type of ship,  tanker, bulk carrier, containerships, ferry, ro-ro, car-carriers, livestock vessels, etc., to carry out a pre-purchase inspection in order to assess the condition of the ship prior to being purchased.

As European marine surveying company, we carry out inspections and surveys in cover mainly Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp range, though clients often request we also attend ships in the rest of the EU region. We also partner with local surveyors to expand our range of services to the rest of the world. This has given us the capability to carry out inspections in Mediterranean ports, East and West African ports.

Through our extensive networks and partners, we also carry out audits, inspections and surveys in major African ports: Durban and Cape Town (South Africa), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Apapa, Lagos, Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Port Djibouti (Djibouti), Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Beira (Mozambique), Walvis Bay (Namibia), Alexandria, Suez and Port Said (Egypt), Port of Casablanca and Tangier (Morocco), Tema and Takoradi (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal), Port of Douala (Cameroon), Luanda (Angola), Pointe-Noire (Congo), Port Sudan (Sudan), Port of Algiers (Algeria), Libreville (Gabon), Port of Matadi (DRC), Port of Mogadishu (Somalia), Port of Conakry (Guinea), Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Lome (Togo).