Cargo Inspection Services

Independent and global cargo and ship surveyor, inspection and testing services are provided by Intertek for high value bulk commodity cargos, significantly reducing risk of loss exposure to the trading parties involved.

Inspection occurs during critical transportation, custody transfer and storage operations. Intertek independent inspection, analysis and testing services help protect the quantity and quality of high value commodities for Intertek clients. Contact Intertek for more information. Intertek is a member of IFIA and performs inspection services to ASTM, API, IP, GAFTA, FOSFA and other recognized criteria.

Commodities inspected and tested include:

• Petroleum, Fuels, Petroleum Refined Products
• Chemicals, Petrochemicals Products
• Agricultural Commodity Products
• Coal
• Minerals, Mineral Ore
• Raw Materials Testing
• LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gases) and other bulk storage gases
• LNG (Liquified Natural Gas)
• Port Demurrage consulting services
• PSI Pre-shipment Inspection for Customs Clearance Programs

Intertek inspection network provides:

• Accurate, timely reporting of ship, shore, inventory quantities
• Auditing, investigation of cargo discrepancy or loss
• Rapid laboratory analysis to world-class standards
• Inventory auditing, analysis of storage locations
• Inspection of pipelines, terminals, ship-to-ship transfers
• Draft and hold surveys
• Cleanliness Inspection
• Intertek Web-Enabled Client Reporting Services

Shipment and inventory Inspection services:

• Global 24/7 coverage
• Internet web-enabled reporting and communication
• Loading and discharge coverage
• Professional sampling and laboratory testing
• Calibration and marine auditing services
• Service to international industry standards

Marine Related Inspection services:

• Casualty Investigation: collision, grounding and fire. (Asia Pacific)
• SIRE Inspection for crude and product tankers. (OCIMF) (Asia Pacific)
• Ship Inspection and Vetting for Oil majors and Ships Registry (Asia Pacific)
• Pleasure Craft, Ships and Yachts Inspection (Spain)
  

 

About cargo quantity and quality control services:
High value bulk commodities like crude oil, fuels, grains, edible oils and many other product are measured, analyzed and verified for shipment and inventory quantity and quality. Inspectors survey and sample representative product from bulk storage tanks, tankers, cargo ships, barges, shore storage and transfer facilities, railcars and warehouses. Intertek's experienced chemists follow accepted industry and regulatory methods and practices to obtain accurate, reliable and repeatable results. Intertek also operates under the name Caleb Brett for petroleum and petro-chemical cargo inspection services.