Service Scope
What CPA Can Arrange
Bunker Removal
Receiving barge, survey attendance, quantity control and owner reporting for fuel ordered off the vessel.
De-Slopping
Local receiving arrangement for slops and oily residues, with transfer status and disposal record follow-up.
Demucking and Sludge Clearance
Contractor attendance for settled sludge and heavy residue that ordinary pumping will not clear.
Waste Reception
Receiving-side readiness checked before transfer. No barge alongside, no unsupported commencement promise.
Quantity Verification
Opening quantity, transferred quantity and final ROB checked by an independent surveyor when instructed.
Protecting Agent Attendance
Owner-side monitoring and reporting where another nominated agent remains in charge of the port call.
Vessel Position
Outer Anchorage
Work planned around launch movement, survey boarding, barge position and the vessel's sailing programme.
Inner Anchorage
Attendance aligned with the confirmed movement window and local marine traffic condition.
Alongside
Taken up only after the berth-side working condition and required permission are confirmed.
Awaiting Orders
Existing waiting time can be used if the receiving side and attendance are available.
Pre-Recycling
Bunker landing, sludge clearance and disposal records followed before delivery to the recycling side. Pre-Drydock or Handover
Quantity checks and waste removal coordinated before dock entry or ownership handover.
What Owners See From the Desk
Contractor confirmed. Surveyor boarding arranged. Barge approaching. Barge alongside. Opening figures received. Pumping started. Delay reason advised. Transfer completed. Final ROB checked. Receiving confirmation collected. Disposal certificate pending or received.
CPA's Role: Technical Coordination and Project Management
This is not one phone call to a contractor and a completion message later. At Chattogram Anchorage, the job moves only when the vessel, surveyor, launch, receiving barge and contractor are ready in the same window. CPA keeps that line together from the first owner instruction.
Before mobilisation, we check the vessel position, working side, material description, approximate quantity, pump and hose position, survey requirement, available time and who can approve the local quotation. If one point is unclear, it is raised before the barge starts moving, not after standby begins.
During the job, the desk follows the parties that can hold the operation. Surveyor still ashore, we chase boarding. Receiving barge delayed on another job, we report the actual position. Vessel not ready to connect, we obtain the revised readiness. Weather holding launch movement, we report the restriction and next workable attendance. Owners receive the live operating picture, including what is complete, what is pending and what may affect sailing.
After transfer, we follow the final quantity statement, receiving acknowledgement, survey report and disposal certificate required under the instruction. CPA does not issue a surveyor's findings or a receiving contractor's certificate. We keep those parties on follow-up and return the completed file to the principal.
How the Anchorage Job Normally Runs
Instruction reaches the desk with vessel name, position, material and estimated quantity. We check who is receiving, who is surveying, how the attending team will board and whether the vessel's available window is workable. Quotation and attendance scope go back to the authorised principal.
On the working day, the surveyor boards by launch and takes the opening figures with the chief engineer. The receiving barge is brought alongside after vessel-side clearance. Hose connection and transfer remain under the vessel and contractor's technical control. Our desk records attendance, commencement, stoppage, restart and completion times, then reports the same operational line to the owner or manager.
Final figures are checked after transfer. If the survey quantity and receiving figure do not line up, the difference is not buried inside a completion message. It is raised to the principal with the available supporting record. The assignment remains open until the agreed receiving and disposal documents are collected or their outstanding status is clearly reported.
Local Anchorage Working Reality
At Chattogram Anchorage, pumping speed is not always the controlling point. Survey boarding, launch movement, safe barge approach, contractor readiness and the vessel's own programme decide whether the job starts on time.
A vessel can be ready while the survey launch is held ashore. The surveyor can be onboard while the receiving barge is finishing another assignment. The barge can be alongside while connection is held by sea condition or vessel readiness. These are normal desk variables, and each one is reported against the actual position.
For a vessel already waiting at outer anchorage, the job can often be fitted into the existing stay. The risk increases when instruction comes close to sailing orders. Once the vessel's departure window starts moving, survey attendance, barge standby and document timing all come under pressure. We therefore give the owner the workable position, not a clean office estimate with no local backing.
Weather & Anchorage Limitations
Safe launch transfer and barge positioning set the working limit. Local squalls, heavy rain, poor visibility, rough sea condition or unsafe vessel-to-launch movement can hold the surveyor, contractor team or receiving unit off the ship. If boarding or hose connection is not safe, the job waits.
Weather stoppage is reported with the affected attendance and the next local movement position. We do not call the operation available simply because the vessel is at anchorage. The receiving unit must be able to approach, personnel must be able to board and the vessel must accept the working condition alongside.
Quantity Verification & Survey Control
Owners normally want one clear quantity line. Opening figures, transferred quantity and final ROB must reconcile with the survey record and receiving acknowledgement. Where independent attendance is instructed, CPA arranges the surveyor and keeps the survey position on the same desk update as the physical transfer.
The master and chief engineer control vessel access and tank information. The surveyor owns the measurement and issued report. The receiving contractor owns its received quantity and disposal record. CPA keeps these figures moving to the same principal and flags any difference before the assignment is closed.
Owner Reporting & Documents
Owners do not need a long narrative while the barge is waiting. They need the position in working order. Our updates cover attendance confirmed, surveyor boarded, opening figure, barge alongside, pumping started, stoppage reason, estimated balance, completion, final ROB and document status.
Depending on the written scope, the owner file may contain the attendance record, quantity statement, survey report, receiving acknowledgement, waste reception record, disposal certificate and final desk summary. If a third-party document is still pending, the update says pending. It is not shown as completed for the sake of closing the email chain.
Who CPA Coordinates With
The reporting line may include the ship owner, ship manager, technical superintendent, master, chief engineer, purchaser, P&I Club, local correspondent, underwriter, independent surveyor, receiving contractor, barge operator, launch operator and the nominated port agent. CPA keeps the local attendance and reporting together while each party remains responsible for its own technical work and issued document.
Why Owners Keep CPA on the File
The value is not another layer of correspondence. It is one local desk checking whether the surveyor has boarded, whether the barge is actually alongside, whether transfer is running, whether quantities reconcile and whether the disposal record has returned. The owner receives the current position without chasing five local parties separately.