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Marine Survey · Port Captain · LashingLoss Prevention for Break-Bulk & Heavy-Lift

Survey records and findings that stand up to review — for owners, underwriters and cargo interests.

16+
Years in Service
14
Certified Surveyors
1000+
Cases / Year
5
Overseas Regions
About NCSA

Promises Kept. Diligence Delivered.
Let the Records Speak.

A team of master mariners and certified surveyors, focused on the technical oversight of break-bulk and heavy-lift shipments.

Neutral
No cargo trading — we report what happened
Senior Oversight
Certified surveyors and master mariners at the hatch
Evidence on the Spot
Photos and records enter the system as the job happens
NCSA marine survey and port captain operations on site
Heavy-Lift Stowage & Lashing on Deck
Certified Surveyors & Master Mariners
Independent third party, accountable to the facts

Certified Surveyors

Reports relied on by underwriters, owners and law firms in China and overseas

Average 10+ Years

Master mariners and surveyors handling difficult special cargo

Long-Standing Clients

P&I clubs, underwriters, shipowners and heavy-lift forwarders

Bilingual

Reports in both languages; overseas ports covered by local agents

Scope of Services

From a Single Survey to Full Project Attendance,
Covering the Whole Shipment Cycle.

Surveyors and certified master mariners attend on board; plans follow the IMO CSS Code and class requirements.

Surveyor using a digital coating thickness meter on steel
Certified Surveyors · Emergency Attendance
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Survey Service

Surveys across the shipping lifecycle, with reports issued to international standards.

  • Loss Prevention Survey
  • On / Off-hire Survey
  • Bunker Survey
  • Full Condition Survey
  • Measurement Survey
  • Draft Survey
  • Cargo Damage Survey
  • Packing Condition Survey
  • Chemical Product Survey
  • Marine Accident Investigation
Tandem heavy-lift cranes hoisting a large chemical tank at the berth
Master Mariner · Stowage & Stability
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Port Captain

Pre-stowage planning and on-site oversight for vessel stability and cargo safety.

  • Pre-Stowage Plan
  • Lashing & Securing Plan
  • Port Captain Service
Surveyor performing lashing & securing operation on site
IMO CSS Code · Design & Rigging
03

Packing & Lashing

End-to-end solutions from lashing calculation to turnkey on-site execution.

  • Lashing & Securing Plan
  • Lashing & Securing Operation
  • Material Supply
  • Packing & Sorting
Digital Collaboration

Cargo Receipt, Measurement, Loading Supervision
Logged on the Spot, Reported the Same Day

Since February 2020 we have run on Mars Report: cargo receipt, measurement and loading supervision are logged right at the terminal or on board, with nothing to write up again ashore — no waiting on handover, no chasing by phone.

Mars Report web console and survey report view
Mars Report app project list
Surveyor AppClient Web Console
01 / On-Site Logging
Receipt, Measurement and Supervision
Works offline, syncs automatically once back online
02 / Report Generation
Same-Day Issue, Not Days Later
Bilingual templates; a first draft is ready as the survey ends
03 / Client Access
Progress Visible Any Time
Clients follow progress, photos and reports on desktop and mobile
Network

Based in Shanghai,
Covering China's Main Ports and the Overseas Network.

Headquartered in Shanghai, with offices in Dalian and Tianjin; other ports in China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, are covered by local agents, and the overseas network reaches Korea, Southeast Asia, Dubai, Italy and the United States.

Shanghai · HQ
HQ
Office / Agent
China4
  • Shanghai (HQ)
  • Dalian
  • Tianjin
  • HK / Macau / Taiwan
Asia2
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
    Vietnam · Thailand · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Philippines · Indonesia · Brunei
Europe & Middle East2
  • Dubai
  • Italy
Americas1
  • USA
Cases

Real Cases,
From Chemical Sampling to Super Heavy-Lift.

From chemical sampling to 600+ tonne heavy-lift shipments, from casualty investigation to long-running projects — a selection of representative cases. Click a card for the full gallery.

Scallop farming area in Laizhou Bay
#01
Accident Investigation
2016 / 09
4 photos

Marine Accident Investigation in Laizhou Bay

Complex waters; independent chain-of-liability finding
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Surveyor sampling in the tank area in PPE
#02
Chemical Survey
2019 / 08
3 photos

Sampling stained PX for analysis & investigation

Cargo:PX 266.744 MT
Root-cause analysis to support the claim
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Tandem lift of GE gas turbine
#03
Loss Prevention
2020 / 06 – 08
4 photos

Loss Prevention on Khulna 330MW Gas Turbine Power Plant

Cargo:2 super-heavy lifts, 289 MT each, total value ≈ USD 40 million
Ports:Load: Charleston / Albany (USA) → Discharge: Khulna (Bangladesh)
Trans-ocean multi-port relay; heavy lifts delivered intact
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TBM main piece lifted with protection
#04
Port Captain · Loading
2020 / 11
4 photos

World's largest Φ15.08m Hard Rock TBM for KK road project, Georgia

Cargo:190 packages / 16,529.82 m³
World-class super-heavy lift; meticulous plan execution
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Conveyor steel frame loaded onboard
#05
Port Captain
2021 / 08
4 photos

Port Captain for Vale S.A. project

Cargo:456 packages / 11,003.78 m³
Project-grade delivery for mining equipment
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Medimax-branded medical packaging
#06
Packing Survey
2010
4 photos

Pre-shipment survey on medical products to Nicaragua

A long-standing client of over a decade
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Heavy-lift vessel hoisting a huge chemical reactor
#07
Port Captain · Heavy Lift
2023 / 05 – 07
4 photos

AGCC project

Cargo:75 packages / 56,700.8 m³ (max heavy-lift 672 MT / 7,100 m³)
Ports:4 voyages on heavy-lift vessels
Multi-voyage heavy-lift orchestration
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Contact

The Next Shipment —
Let's See It Through Together.

Whether it is a single survey or attendance across a whole project, we answer calls and emails as quickly as we can.

Surveyors dispatched from the nearest Yangtze River Delta port
First draft report issued as the survey ends
Headquarters
Suite 1107, Block 2, No. 289 Zheqiao Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China (201206)