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Bunker Quantity Disputes Start Before the Hose Is Connected
Most bunker quantity disputes aren’t settled by anyone re-measuring the fuel. They’re settled by whoever kept better records at the time of delivery — and by then, the fuel is long burned. The independent surveyor’s job starts before the hose connects: opening and closing soundings on the barge’s tanks, cross-checked against the barge’s own figures, […]
Berth Productivity Is a Shore Problem More Often Than a Ship One
When a call runs long, the instinct is to look at the ship — slow gangway rigging, late hatch opening, crew unfamiliar with the terminal. Looking across a quarter’s worth of port calls, that’s rarely where the time actually goes. The gap between all-fast and first lift is where delay accumulates, and it’s mostly a […]
Planning a Ship-to-Ship Transfer in Malaysian Anchorages
An anchorage operation can be running correctly and still fail an inspection, if the team attending can’t produce the right document fast enough when asked. Authorities boarding mid-operation aren’t there to relitigate whether the STS plan is sound — they’re checking whether the paperwork behind it is in order and can be shown on request. […]