Dry cargoes that cannot be packaged, such as cereals, ore or scrap metal, are transported by bulk carriers. Dump ships Bulk carrier is also called. Bulk loads are loads that are too large to be carried on a single platform. Among the main transported dry cargoes are grains, legumes, paddy, wheat, soybeans, lentils, rice, rapeseed, fertilizer, cement, clinker, coal, salt, sand, iron ore and similar loads.

Loading works on solid bulk ships are generally carried out with machinery and equipment in ports. These ships do not have their own loading and unloading equipment.

In general, bulk cargoes are loaded into all of the many flat rack containers on the ship's deck and are reinforced so that they do not fall apart during transportation. Flat rack cottackers are generally used to transport heavy loads and these containers are loaded from above. Flat rack quotes are made of 20 and 40 inch steel material.

The loading, transportation and unloading of solid bulk cargoes are carried out in accordance with the Regulation on Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers issued by the Ministry of Transport.

According to this legal regulation, bulk carriers must be designed to allow safe loading, stacking, balancing and evacuation of solid bulk cargoes. Their holds should be of sufficient size.

Ship operators are obliged to observe the loading or unloading operations. It also has to follow this surveillance during the loading or unloading process so that the structure of the ship is not overstretched. In order for the cargo to be transported safely, the ballast water should be discharged at proportions in accordance with the loading plan.

Despite these regulations, most of the time, the purchasing and seller companies are demanding the service of surveillance of solid bulk cargoes from the surveillance and survey organizations in terms of the safety of the cargo carried and to avoid any problems afterwards. Surveillance agencies surveyors, on the one hand, relevant regulatory principles, as well as published standards and general acceptance It provides these services in the light of seeing applications.

Our company, which provides an impartial and independent service, also provides solid bulk cargo surveillance services to its customers as part of its ship survey services.