Marine · Cargo · Offshore & Energy · P&I
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PICOLO & ASSOCIADOS, LTDA.
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03 Cargo

What shipsand what doesn’t.

Cargo work is detail work. Forty-plus years of grain holds, container stacks, iron-ore terminals, and project lifts has taught us where damage starts — and how to prove it. We attend the load, we attend the discharge, and we attend everything in between.

“Stowage is a story. Lashing is the punctuation.”

Scope · A

Attendance & survey
  • Pre-loading surveys
  • Draft & weight surveys
  • Stowage & lashing approvals
  • Bunker surveys & disputes
  • Container condition surveys

Scope · B

Commodities & claims
  • Grains, steel, iron ore, project cargo
  • Loss, shortage, damage, delay
  • Cargo risk assessment
  • H&M / cargo joint surveys
  • Lifting & rigging plan approvals

When to
instruct us

For a single disputed parcel or a full project shipment, we give you a defensible record of what was loaded, how, and in what condition.

Pick up. We answer.

Tell us the vessel, the port, and the problem. A surveyor will be on the way.

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