Claim Investigation and Cargo Loss prevention in shipping for types

Claim investigation is a survey for damages arising out of incident to determine liability and Loss prevention is a control for safety to reducing risks.

• Job of claim investigation is carried out by an independent surveyor in the joint between concerned parties.
• Activities of loss prevention are done by a warranty expert.

AIM Control is experienced and acknowledged to offer the claim investigation and cargo loss prevention in shipping for types of the traded goods under requirement of customers are cargo underwater, insurance, P&I Ship-owner, charterer, logistics & forwarder during loading, discharging at ports.

Experience & acknowledged with 50 years over with a lot million jobs done.

Place & locals are at loading and discharging ports, vessel & port’s yard, berthing & anchorage, warehouses & silo storage, packing & stuffing local, station & yard of container, and anywhere.

Expert & consultant are a warranty surveyor, inspector, sampler, tester, controller, appraiser, auditor, witness & investigator, negotiator & loss adjuster, tally clerk & supervisor, port captain & loading master, divers & others.

Customer & client of AIM Control are shipper & seller, broker & charterer, insurance company & underwriters, P&I & ship-owner, supply chain & logistic forwarders, port & authority, government & customs office, claim & recovers, carrier & agent of ship, inspection & survey companies, partners & organization other.

 

Carriage of Break-Bulk Cargoes

Loss prevention actions are based on cargo planning, handling and loading, lashing securing & dunnage, supercargo & warranty, carrying & obligations with significant damage to the cargo and the vessel can be avoided to recent incidents.

Dimensions, weight, centre of gravity, nature and strength of packaging, lifting and lashing points carriage on deck, a dangerous good (IMDG code), damage caused during loading or stowage, etc.

 

Bulk Cargo Liquefaction

Loss prevention actions are based on the types and condition of cargo, certificate of moisture content and transportable moisture limit (TML), Liquefy of cargo & Flow Moisture Point (FMP), Sampling and testing of cargo (Can test), cargo shifting, SOLAS (Chapter VI) Requirements, Liquefaction and the tests and precautions of Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code, consultancy to Owners and Masters.

 

Bagged Agricultural Cargoes

Loss prevention actions are based on moisture content, hygroscopic, absorb moisture, humidity, temperature, stowage life, causes of damage, self-heating, oxygen depletion, bad weather & raining, vessel’s sweat,  sweat of cargo, water ingress, cargo infestation, hold cleaning, hooks and slings, stowage and dunnage, cargo delivered from shipper, loading port, shortages and pilferage, ventilation channels & dew point, sealing, discharging port & outturn.

 

Coal

Loss prevention actions are based on hazards of flammable atmospheres, liquefaction, asphyxiation, self heating, corrosion.

Goods & Containers, Container Theft

Loss prevention actions are based on condition of container, container doors closed, handling & lashing, stowing & securing, weight & size, position& metacentric height (GM).

To prevent the theft of cargo from the container of securing supply chain as container door tampering, a visible chain, limiting liability, rare & valuable cargo, less than container load & stuffing, loading & securing, doors locking, riveting & locking bars and catches/hasps, tampering, warehouses, truck & diver, parking  & container terminals, subcontractors and hauliers, cargo manifest, overnight stopovers and diversions, integrity of the security seal and record seal id number, escorts/convoys, onboard carrying vessel, container door tampering, breaking and repairing original seal, pre-shipment tampering of seal, tampering with the door handle or locking bars, attacking the door retaining plate.

Refrigerated Containers

Loss prevention actions are based on cause of cargo damage, deviation of temperature & atmosphere, the cold chain, maintenance of refrigerated containers, bills of lading & agreements, typical contracts & agreements, caring for the cargo, defending a claim and mitigation of damage, shipper’s premises,  (post-stuffing), load port terminal or intermediate ports, onboard carrying vessel(s), discharge port terminal, consignee’s premises (prior to de-vanning), during road or transfer, periods of time off-power & terminal, truck & power, CSC plate approval & maintenance, periods of time off-power, a technical malfunction of the refrigeration unit, breakdown of the container and machinery, nature of the cargoes, mixing of harvests & packaging, ripening & maturing fruit, ethylene & storing, living organic cargo & plant diseases, disorders, pests and infestation, stock management, segregation and harvest/batch codes, rapid pre-cooling or freezing & ambient temperatures (over +25°C), the cargo characteristics services, empty release & stuffing, overland haulage, terminals and temperatures, claim & equipment interchange receipts (EIR),  pre-trip inspections (PTIs) and auto-diagnostic programs, de-vanning of container.

Direct reduced iron (DRI)

Direct reduced iron (DRI) is iron ore (oxide), in of pellets or lumps with the melting point of iron, loss prevention actions are based on risk of heating, Reaction with air & moisture, breaking down, amount of surface, IMSBC Code, self-heating, types of DRI cargo, Prior to loading, Cargo spaces, inspection & certificate, trimmed cargo,  no smoking, oxygen and flammable atmosphere.

Grain Cargoes

Loss prevention actions are based on causing of damage, before loading, hold cleaning, watertight of hatch covers, average moisture content, during loading, ventilation , after loading, cargo temperature, fumigation, discharge, International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk (International Grain Code, 1991), moisture & self-heating, cargo tank surface & temperature, infestation or contamination,  water ingress & condensation, mould & caked, cargo residues, loose rust and paint scale of cargo holds, infestation & odours, moisture & leakage, sampling & moisture, dust & foreign matters, colour of cargo & smells, temperature & humidity,  temperature & average moisture content, raining & wet cargo, discharge & out-turn.

 

Seed Cake

Loss prevention actions are based on self-heating and spontaneous combustion, oxygen depletion, flammable solvents, heated fuel tanks, hot engine room bulkheads, hold lighting of vessel’s loading.

 

Soya Beans

Loss prevention actions are based on problem damage occurs, cargo samples, ventilation, claims furthermore, temperature (25°C or less) and moisture content (11.5% or less), increase temperatures, caking & discoloration from self-heating, visible moldy, cargo samples & certificate of quality (% of oil content, protein, foreign matters, moisture, total damage kernel, splits), ventilation, raining, mist and fog, at night,

 

Steel Cargoes

Loss prevention actions are based on steel types and finishes, steel pre-load surveys (steel preshipment surveys), master receipt & bills of lading, loading handling & stowage, dunnage & lashing, securing and chocking, discharging & damage, pre-shipment condition, defect prior to loading, mechanically damage or rust, mechanical damage whilst handling, wetting damage in the hold, ship sweat and cargo sweat, movement or shifting, wetting and rusting, hatch & hose testing, tank top strength, sheet coil stowage, wire rod coils, re-bars and small diameter pipes, large diameter pipes, blocks / slabs / billets / blooms and plates, the charter party.

Steel cargo are shipped cold rolled coils, hot rolled coils, coiled wire rod, profiles, channels, angle bar / bulb plate, girders, plates, re-bars, coated pipes, sheet piling, ingots, slabs, blooms, billets, scrap metal.

 

Fertilizers

Loss prevention actions are based on storage and loading at wharf, method, cargo shortage, cargo caking & impurities, wet damage, pollution, claims and disputes, strips of plastic, weight per bag, bags per big bag, inner plastic layer & outer woven nylon layer, mouth & sewing, draft survey to rechecking, caking & impurities, weather forecasts and hatches closing, stevedores & foreman.

Liquid Cargo Sampling

Loss prevention actions are based on Load port shore tanks, Shoreline sample, Vessels manifold at the start of loading (first flow sample), First foot sample from vessel’s cargo tanks, Running or composite sample post loading, Pre-discharge sample, Manifold sample at start of discharge operation, Shore tanks before discharge and at completion of discharge, Sealing, Sample Labels, Control of Samples, Sample retention, pressure and air blow.

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We have the expertise to solve your requirement under on behalf of your organization for Claim investigation and Cargo Loss prevention services in liabilities of Transit, Shipping, and Vessel & Cargo

Experienced and qualified specialist staff

• 24 hour availability

• Early reporting of situations

• Prompt and effective

• Commercial and proactive solutions

• Salvage guarantees

• Legal advice & pleadings

• Legal statement taking

• Insurance policy advice

• Calculation of contributory values

• Claim investigation, assessment, negotiation & settlement

• Recovery action

• General Average

• Liability Claims (Transit, Shipping, Vessel & Cargo)

• Commercial Assistance

A wide range of backgrounds

• Lawyers

• Average Adjusting

• Chartered Insurers

• P & I

• Master Mariners

• Shipping

 

P&I Claims offer a marine liability claims services to customer

• P & I Clubs

• Fixed premium liability underwriters

• Ship Owners & charterers

• NVOCCs and their insurers

• Airlines and their liability underwriters

For object

• Collision liability

• Cargo loss or damage

• Pollution

• Personal injury and/or death

• Stowaways

• Collision with fixed and floating objects

• Recoveries against other carriers

• Arranging surveys

• Risk management and loss prevention

• Consultancy on all matters concerning the liability of carriers

 

Shipping & claim investigation and cargo loss prevention

• Survey & Investigation

• Tally and supervision

• Claims Handling/Management

• Adjustment

• Settlement

• Risk Analysis

• Loss Prevention

• Third Party Administration

• Report New Claim

• Status Request

• Expert Opinion

 

Types of loss / damage

• In Causing at Sea – Land – Air

• In Physical & Financial, there are loss & damage as Market loss (delivery was delayed), Economic loss (profit or compensation for contractual obligations) and Fines & Penalties.

Also Hull & machinery claim investigation

• Casualty Investigation (Accident & Incident)

• Collision

• Commercial Towage & warranty approval

• Salvage

• Contact with FFO

• Yachts and Small Crafts

• Surveying & Certificate

• Stevedore Damage / Unsafe Port or Berth

• Ship repairers' Liability

• Fishing Offences

• Policy Interpretation / Claims Adjustment

• Advice / Opinion

 

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