![]() The ship may have a small trim or list, which may be difficult to determine and apply, etc. This may be due to swell, due to wake of other ship passing by. Movement of the surface of the liquid in the tank due to the movement of the ship in the water.Calculation of the volume of liquid in a small container would be an easy process but this is difficult on a ship due to various factors such as: Normally voyage charter parties allow for 0.01% voyage loss, but this needs to be confirmed for every charter party. The quantity of cargo on board at load port and at discharge port is calculated to determine difference, if any. Hence obtaining an accurate figure of the amount of cargo received on board is important so that it can be compared with the Bill of lading figures and a protest can be issued by the vessel in case of difference between the two. whereas the actual reason was inaccurate cargo figures inserted on the Bill of lading. This voyage loss was attributed to loss due to venting of vapour and due to leakage, etc. But recently there have been a few cases of claims against the ship due to voyage loss. This is because the measurement of cargo is more accurate when it is done in a shore tank. Normally the Bill of lading figure is based on the shore figure.
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