Also called PSI, is an important and reliable quality control method for ensuring that the goods supplied by the seller to the buyer strictly complies with the contracted specifications.
After ordering a number of articles, the buyer lets a third party quantity and quality control the ordered goods before they are dispatched to him. Normally an independent inspection company is assigned with the task of PSI, as it is in the interest of the buyer that an independent third party verifies the quantity and quality. This way the buyer makes sure, he gets the goods he paid for.
Pre-shipment inspection can greatly avoid the risk of fraud and ensure that clients get quality products from suppliers.
The pre-shipment inspection is utilized for:
Cisco is licensed and registered by the government of Pakistan for pre / post shipment inspection in the field of Manufactured Goods, Agri-products, Natural Resources, Refined Products, Textile, Crops, Grains, Seeds, Cotton, Wool, Gas, Petroleum, Petrochemical Products, Fertilizers and Other Chemicals.
A pre-purchase survey is an in-depth, thorough evaluation of all the vessel’s systems. When conditions permit, the inspection includes operational testing of all equipment. The vessel must be hauled out of the water for hull inspection. A sea trial is also highly recommended and is generally included in the cost of the survey when conditions permit and the sea trial is conducted on the same day as the inspection. Other inspections include rigging, machinery and electrical systems. Given today’s complicated vessel system, specialists should be consulted when circumstances dictate such as with large diesel powered machinery and complicated electronic systems.
A Pre-purchase Survey report is designed to assist you in post survey negotiations, scheduling required repairs, completing routine and preventive maintenance as well as making decisions for upgrades in the near and distant future. A pre-purchase survey is a systematic, thorough, and operational evaluation of the entire vessel's structure, systems and equipment that includes:
Hull, deck, & structure, Machinery installations, Fuel, Exhaust and Electrical systems, USCG-mandated safety gear, cargo gear and Operational test of monitoring.
When hiring a vessel the charteres have the responsibility for returning the vessel to the owner in much the same condition as she was in at the beginning of the charter, including the quantity of Bunkers onboard. To ensure this, it is usual for the parties to retain the services of a surveyor at the beginning / completion of the charter to record the condition principally of the cargo gear, the holds and ship's structure in the vicinity of the cargo working areas. A full report is generated. Documentation/ on hire status report, including colour photography if required of any vessel damage noted, similarly for vessels completing a charter, an off-hire survey is conducted, and a full report generated.
Cisco specializes in providing inspections on tank containers, reefers and box containers, providing the most common services, in addition to a wide range of specialized services. These services include periodic 2½ and 5 year inspections, gas free inspections, wall washes, lab-analyses and insurance assistance. With a dedicated team of professionals, the services are provided world-wide.
Periodical Inspections: Periodical Inspections such as 2½ and 5 year inspections can be performed on UN portable tanks and IMO I, IMO II and IMO IV tank containers. If a tank passes the test a certificate is issued stating that the container can be in-service for a specific period of time.
Tank Container, Rail Tank Car and Box Container Inspections
All common and special surveys are performed. Examples of these surveys are on-hire surveys, off-hire surveys, cleanliness inspections and for the rail tank cars, verification. All the reporting is provided electronically and is also stored on our servers. The protected, user friendly, database allows you to search your reports over the years.
Reefer Inspections
Cisco is active in the field of reefer inspections and refrigerated cargo transportation. Our offices employ highly trained reefer inspectors who can perform all inspections. Analytical Inspections/Dew point inspection/Gas free Inspections.
On tank containers and rail tank cars these special testing services are performed focused on the gas inside the tank, whereby the values are measured and compared with fixed values, or ones provided by the client, determine the concentrations inside the tank. Accordingly a certificate is issued.
Bunker surveys offer an independent and impartial quantity measurement service for marine fuels. We provide comprehensive documentation for each survey to support any shortage claims or quality disputes.
Our bunker quality and quantity survey is known to be the most thorough fuel measurement service in the market and involves:
For easy access we have an extensive network of surveyors who can provide bunker quantity measurements in major ports of call. Periodic skills upgrade and regular on-the-job inspections by senior staff help our surveyors maintain top service quality at all times.
Cisco’s loading and discharge supervision expertise for the industry comprises of:
Loading and discharge supervision is part of a range of other transportation & shipping services for the industry which include:
Hold and hatch inspection is part of a larger service that Cisco provides to assure that the shipped material will be received in the same condition as when it was loaded. Buyers or sellers can order visual inspection of the hold prior to loading. This gives both parties the confidence that the cargo will not be contaminated by material already in the hold, or altered in any way by vessel deficiencies. Our inspectors will immediately report any abnormalities to the appropriate authority. Digital photographic documentation is also provided. Certificates of inspection are provided upon completion of the job, thereby minimizing transit losses.
Containers Stuffing/De stuffing
Before packing inspection involves the inspection and checking of container inside and outside where the following are checked and verified.
Outside of container:
Inside of Container:
POST STUFFING INSPECTION
Assessors / loss adjusters
We are on the panel of major insurance companies of Pakistan and have successfully carried out the following on behalf of insurance companies.
Marine & Industrial Consultants from the last two decades is serving not only the National Shipping Companies but also many foreign shipping companies with a wide range of products available for logistics and industrial usage.