24th April 2018
A pro-active approach to cargo sampling on tankers could save millions of dollars in claims, as well as preventing delays, said Gard in a recent “Insight”. Disputes relating to “off-spec” or contaminated liquid cargoes were a recurring problem, the insurer said, noting that shipowners might have no independent evidence as to the cause of an alleged cargo contamination. “The source of the problem could be in the shore tank at the load port, in the shore pipeline during loading or on board the vessel itself. The cargo could even have been manufactured out of specification prior to delivery to the terminal for shipment”, Gard observed.