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    Surveyors, inspectors, and radio inspectors appointed under the Merchant Shipping Act have several duties to ensure ships comply with regulations: 1) They survey vessels to certify that construction, machinery, equipment, and operations meet requirements for safety, cargo handling, and communications. 2) They inspect life-saving appliances, firefighting equipment, pollution prevention, radio equipment, and crew accommodations. 3) They investigate shipping casualties and audit safety management of ships and companies.

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    Surveyors, inspectors, and radio inspectors appointed under the Merchant Shipping Act have several duties to ensure ships comply with regulations: 1) They survey vessels to certify that construction, machinery, equipment, and operations meet requirements for safety, cargo handling, and communications. 2) They inspect life-saving appliances, firefighting equipment, pollution prevention, radio equipment, and crew accommodations. 3) They investigate shipping casualties and audit safety management of ships and companies.

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    Functions of Surveyors, Inspectors as per Merchant

    Shipping Act
    Duties & Functions Of MMD

    Surveyors [means Nautical Surveyors, engineers & Ship Surveyors and Ship Surveyors
    (Naval Architect)], they are appointed under Section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act
    1958. They are entrusted with the duty to ensure that the requirements of the Act and
    Rules / Regulations made thereunder relating to Construction, Installation of Machinery,
    Electrical Plants, Equipments, their operation and maintenance after certification are duly
    complied by the ships staff or ship operators or ship owners. Radio Inspectors’ means
    Radio Inspectors appointed under Section 10 of MS Act, they too are entrusted with the
    duty to ensure that the ships comply with the relevant provisions of MS Act pertaining to
    Ration/Communications under DSRC Rules.

    Nautical Surveyor:
    Scrutiny and approval of LS /L&SS/Dangerous Goods/Grains fitting/General Cargo Plans on Passeng
    Goods/Grains fitting/General Cargo Plans on Passenger Vessels.
    Surveys and Inspection of LSA/L&SS during production and servicing/repairs.

    Surveys and Inspection of Safety Equipment for certification of Ships.

    Survey and Inspection of Grain Loading Ships, Dangerous Goods Loading Ships for certification.

    Safety Audit of sea going ships and its companies for certification.

    Inspection of Maritime Training Institute for various STCW courses approval.

    Investigation and enquires into Shipping Casualties.

    Examiner of Master and Mates, Skipper/Mates of fishing vessel or harbor crafts.

    Inspection of Crew accommodation, Carving notes for registration purpose.

    Port State/Flag State Control Inspections for compliance of Rules.

    Port State/Flag State Control Inspections for compliance of Rules.

    Issuance of B Certificate to the passengers or special trade passenger’s ships

    Inspection for grant of Voyage and Towage permission.

    Co-ordinate for SAR procedures with vessels and coast guards.

    Attending official court cases with reference to maritime casualties and continuous liaison with counse

    Scrutiny of cases of Dispensations/Exemption e.g. Manning, Family Carrying etc.

    Taking active part in implementation of ISPS code by ships and ports.

    Engineer and Ship Surveyor:


    Scrutiny and approval of plans relating to new construction – machinery, auxiliaries, fire fighting applia
    loading.

    Survey and inspection of safety equipments, load lines, oil pollution equipments, hull and machinery f
    Survey and inspection of carving/marking for registration of ships, measurement of tonnage and certi

    Survey and inspection of new constructions with reference to safety construction, installation of mach

    Survey and Inspection of FFA/LLA machineries during new construction and maintenance.

    Inspection of ships for B Certificate/Dangerous Goods Loading, Grain Loading.

    Investigation into Shipping Casualties.

    Inspection of Training Institute – for approval.

    PSC/FSC Inspections – of compliance.

    Safety audit of ships and its company for certification under ISM codes.

    Examiner of engineers to issue Certificate of Competency.

    Survey inspection of FV/SV for issuance of certificate.

    Minimum safe manning for ships computation.

    Examiner of engine driver under I.V. Act.

    Examiner of sea going engine driver, fishing vessels engine driver/engineers.

    Towage and Voyage permission.

    Inspection for issuance of certificate of survey, certificate A/B for safe operation of STP / passengers

    Issuance of Petroleum Licence for bulk carriage of oil.

    Dispensation for engineers manning.

    Exemption for safe manning of FFA of ships.


    Ship Surveyor:

    Survey and Inspection of LSA / FFA during new construction and maintenance.

    Survey and inspection of FV / SV for registration certificate.

    Inspection of ships for B certificate / DG loading and grain loading.

    PSC / FSC inspection of ships for – compliance.

    Inspection of training institute – for approval.

    Survey of hulls and equipment of all vessels for issue of Statutory certificates.
    Scrutiny/Approval of plans for Design and Construction of Passenger and Cargo Ships (structural,cre
    accommodation etc.)
    Witness stability test of all vessels and assessment of stability.

    Undertake measurement of tonnage of new vessels and re-measurement of existing vessels (as and

    Carryout survey for assignment of GOI load lines and preparation lf LL papers.

    ISM audits of ships and companies.


    Witnessing periodical servicing of LSA/FFA items.
    Radio Inspector:

    Radio Inspector’s are appointed under Section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1958. They are entrusted with
    of the Act and Rules and Regulations thereunder relating to Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (dist
    rules) are complied with.
    Scrutiny of GMDSS retrofit drawings for DGS approval.

    Surveys and Inspections of Radio and Safety Equipment for certification of ships.

    Inspection of Safety Equipment stations for DGS approval and continuation of approval.

    Safety of sea going ships and its companies for certification.

    Inspection of maritime training institutes for approval and continuation of approval.


    Investigation and enquires into accidents caused due to communication failure.
    Examiner of GMDSS general operator’s certificate.

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