Professional Marine
Survey Services

Al Bahar Shipping provides onshore and offshore surveying services, ship surveys, and bunker and cargo inspection services.

Professional Marine Survey Services

At Al Bahar Shipping, we provide onshore and offshore surveying services that help our customers overcome engineering, construction, and asset record challenges.

Our effective surveying services offer unprecedented benefits for working in the offshore and onshore industries, including shortened project duration, improved site safety, increased accuracy, reduced field time, and minimal reworks.

We offer a complete range of ship surveys and ancillary services tailored to our clients' requirements and business ecosystem, aimed at cutting costs and delivery time while prioritizing end-user satisfaction. Our experienced surveyors provide impartial, independent quantity measurement inspection services for marine fuels, issuing detailed reports to confirm fuel quantity and quality. These reports help support bunker shortage and quality disputes, and we can serve as your dedicated desk handling your bunker technical matters.

Additionally, we offer impartial, independent quantity measurement inspection services for marine cargo, issuing detailed reports to confirm cargo quality and quantity.

Services You Can Expect

Inspection & Verification Surveys

  • Bunker Quantity Survey
  • Bunker Quality Survey
  • Bunker Detective Survey (221B)
  • Dispute Resolution Survey
  • De-bunker Survey
  • Ship to Ship Inspection
  • Custody Transfer Survey
  • Loss Control Supervision
  • Expediting Inspection
  • Draft Survey
  • Hatch / Tank Cleanliness Survey
  • Hatch Conditions Survey for Weathertightness
  • Loading & Discharging Witnessing
  • On/Off Hire Survey
  • Vessel Condition Survey
  • Pre-purchase Inspection

Analysis & Reporting

  • Bunker Fuel Testing
  • Lube Oil Condition Monitoring
  • Water Testing
  • Ballast Water Testing
  • Cylinder Scrap-down / Scavenge Drain Oil Analysis
  • Lubricant & Fuel Blend Studies
  • Mass Flow Meter Bunker Profile / Raw Data Analysis

Cargo Inspection, Supervision & Monitoring

  • Bunker Quantity Survey
  • Bunker Quality Survey
  • Bunker Detective Survey (221B)
  • Dispute Resolution Survey
  • De-bunker Survey
  • Ship to Ship Inspection
  • Custody Transfer Survey
  • Loss Control Supervision
  • Expediting Inspection
  • Draft Survey
  • Hatch / Tank Cleanliness Survey
  • Hatch Conditions Survey for Weathertightness
  • Loading & Discharging Witnessing
  • On/Off Hire Survey
  • Vessel Condition Survey
  • Pre-purchase Inspection

Frequently asked questions

1. How is ABS Marine Survey different from other surveying companies?

ABS helps protect high-value bulk commodity cargos, significantly reducing the risk of loss exposure to the trading parties involved.

2. Does ABS adhere to industrial safety standards?

Safety, security, quality, and corporate compliance are our watchwords. ABS is committed to meeting the highest standards, honesty, and transparency in everything we do. We are alongside and at your service in port or at sea, around the clock, around the world.

3. How effectively can ABS handle a cargo operation?

Our services are designed exclusively around the needs of our customers and include full cargo agency, crew logistics, husbandry, transits, dry docking, bunker calls, protective agency, financial management and fully outsourced solutions managed through our service center hubs.

4. What can clients expect?

Clients are regularly updated using modern means of communication, taking into consideration their individual requirements and ensuring the protection of their interests.

5. What are the key takeaways of ABS Marine Survey services?

Traders around the world have repeatedly and exclusively placed their trust in ABS's services, as they have found us to be their "eyes and hands" in their field of interest.

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