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These Standard Business Conditions govern all vessel attendances, draft displacement surveys, bunker quantity audits, machinery condition reviews, and marine consulting instructions undertaken by V-Marine Maritime Surveys Ltd.
1.1 V-Marine Maritime Surveys Ltd acts exclusively as an independent technical marine surveyor and impartial consultant. All reports, certificates, displacement calculations, and opinions are rendered in good faith based on facts ascertained through visual, non-destructive, and hydrostatic methods at the exact time and place of inspection.
1.2 Unless explicitly contracted under statutory flag-state appointment, survey reports do not relieve the vessel’s Master, Owners, Operators, or Charterers of their primary obligations under SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM Code, or Class regulations.
2.1 Instructions submitted via the V-Marine Portal or written requisition must state the vessel’s particulars, IMO number, designated port, berth or anchorage coordinates, and specific scope of attendance.
2.2 The Instructing Party undertakes to secure all necessary ISPS quayside access approvals, boarding passes, and launch boat arrangements for V-Marine surveyors to access the vessel safely and without obstruction.
3.1 In accordance with IMO Resolution A.1050(27), V-Marine surveyors will not enter any cargo hold, ballast tank, cofferdam, or enclosed void until a valid Gas-Free / Oxygen Atmosphere Certificate (O2 ≥ 20.8%, combustible gases < 1% LEL) has been officially issued and verified.
3.2 The surveyor holds the unilateral right to suspend or abort attendance if safe boarding access (SOLAS pilot ladder or gangway) does not meet international maritime standards.
4.1 V-Marine shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of charter hire, demurrage, cargo deterioration, or port delay fees arising from survey attendance or report issuance.
4.2 In all events, the maximum aggregate liability of V-Marine for proven gross negligence or omission shall not exceed ten (10) times the professional fee charged for the specific survey attendance, or USD $25,000, whichever is lesser.
5.1 All official survey certificates, displacement sheets, and condition reports are cryptographically hashed using SHA-256 digests. Only documents verified through the official V-Marine Cryptographic Verification Desk (/verify) constitute authentic, admissible instruments.
6.1 These terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Ghanaian Maritime Law, with reference to English Maritime Law principles where applicable.
6.2 Any controversy shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Accra, Ghana, under the rules of the Ghana Arbitration Centre.
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