Basic queries - While negotiating a deal for scrap ship:

01. Vessel Name and Type

02. LDT - Light Displacement Tonnage (in M/T or L/T)

03. Place & Year Built

04. Length Overall x Breadth x Depth

05. Draft of the Vessel (FWD/AFT)

06. GRT / NRT

07. Delivery dates

08. Delivery Mode (OWN POWER or UNDER TOW)

09. Price idea

10. Flag

11. Owner of the vessel

12. Present Management

13. Number / Type / Capacity / Description of:

        a» Main Engine

        b» Auxiliary Engine

        c» Generators

        d» Auxiliary Generators

        e» Daily Consumption of Main Engine and Generators

14. Material & Weight of Spare Propeller - if any

15. Material & Weight of Spare Tail shaft - if any

16. Material & Weight of Working Propeller

17. Material & Weight of Permanent Ballast (If any)

18. Material & Weight of Insulation (If any)?

19. Spare Anchore - if any

20. Material of Heating Coils

21. Last Cargoes carried by the vessel

22. Removals (If any)

23. Operating Condition of major machinery

24. Single Skin or Double Skin

25. Double bottom tanks / Wing tanks

26. Reefer Space, if any

27. Hull & Deck Condition

28. Riveted portion - if any

29. Description of Convertion / Modification - if any

30. Overall Maintenance

31. Inspection possibilities.

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Source: Trade Navigation

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