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ShipVet Services offers a range of services, all of which exceed internationally accepted standards.
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We pay attention to detail and take pride in the quality of our work.
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It is widely acknowledged that shipping is a risky business. If charterers wish to limit their corporate liability, it is incumbent on them to exercise due diligence in the way they go about chartering the ships they use to carry their hazardous cargoes. They must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the ships are being properly operated and will be in a suitable condition to embark on the voyage in safety, and without the risk of damage to the marine environment. Failure to do so could expose a charterer to unlimited corporate risk in the event of a serious incident involving a ship which that company had chartered.
Charterers who are subscribing members to the SIRE and/or CDI databases may do this in one of two ways:
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 | they can set up and maintain their own in-house vetting department if the appropriate level of maritime expertise is available to them; or |
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| they can enter into a contract with an independent, third party organisation who will provide a vetting service for them. |
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ShipVet Services is well qualified to provide such a service. Ship inspection reports can be downloaded from the database(s) on the client’s behalf and scrutinised by members of the team with the necessary experience, training and judgement to perform risk assessment in the maritime field. The reports will need to be looked at against a backdrop of historical knowledge on the ship and its operator, information gleaned from Lloyds Casualty Database (to which ShipVet Services subscribes), and other information in the public domain, all of which will influence the advice given to the client as to the suitability of the ship. It is perhaps worth stressing that the decision as to whether a particular ship is acceptable or not, lies firmly with the client. ShipVet Services merely provides advice to the client to help him/her make that decision.
ShipVet Services has in place its own database which facilitates the updating of ship data in the light of new information. The database will be available to clients through this website, giving them the opportunity to review vetting work done on their behalf together with any later updating information.
ShipVet Services will also assist in the drafting of a company vetting policy and its implementation, should that be required.
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