This is why the shipping company expects the assessment to be just a formality before they get the ship chartered and set sail in a few days.
During the survey of one of the ship's tanks, you discover a number of significant cracks in the structure, as well as in the welding in the ship’s side. The damage is considered to be serious enough that it will affect the ships structural integrity and will need to be repaired immediately, before the ship leaves port. Your standard assessment contract with the shipping company, as well as class rules, requires you to report such matters.
What do you do?
On the next page are 3 alternative solutions on what to do in this situation. Read them carefully and discuss with your line manager.
You are a DNV surveyor carrying out an assessment on board an oil tanker owned by a highly respectable shipping company. The ships you assess are given ratings according to quality and class standard. These ratings are often required in order to get the ship chartered.
Previous classification surveys, which were carried out by another DNV surveyor, have not revealed any serious defects or structural irregularities.