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MARINE-CARGO SURVEYOR

Specialty Definition: MARINE-CARGO SURVEYOR

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Inspects cargoes of seagoing vessels to certify compliance with national and international health and safety regulations in cargo handling and stowage: Reads vessel documents that set forth cargo loading and securing procedures, capacities, and stability factors to ascertain cargo capabilities according to design and cargo regulations. Advises crew in techniques of stowing dangerous and heavy cargo, such as use of extra support beams (deck bedding), shoring, and additional stronger lashings, according to knowledge of hazards present when shipping grain, explosives, logs, and heavy machinery. Inspects loaded, secured cargo in holds and lashed to decks to ascertain that pertinent cargo handling regulations have been observed. Issues certificate of compliance when violations are not detected. Recommends remedial procedures to correct deficiencies. Measures ship holds and depth of fuel and water in tanks, using sounding line and tape measure, and reads draft markings to ascertain depth of vessel in water. Times roll of ship, using stopwatch. Calculates hold capacities, volume of stored fuel and water, weight of cargo, and ship stability factors, using standard mathematical formulas and calculator. Analyzes data obtained from survey, formulates recommendations pertaining to vessel capacities, and writes report of findings. Inspects cargo handling devices, such as boom, hoists, and derricks, to identify need for maintenance. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MARINE-CARGO SURVEYOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 52 49 4E 45 2D 43 41 52 47 4F      53 55 52 56 45 59 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101 00101101 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000111 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010101 01010010 01010110 01000101 01011001 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#45 &#67 &#65 &#82 &#71 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#85 &#82 &#86 &#69 &#89 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0052 0049 004E 0045 002D 0043 0041 0052 0047 004F      0053 0055 0052 0056 0045 0059 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47355243483915373552414925355525639594952

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