How do they match: Transportation Inspectors

  • Advise crews in techniques of stowing dangerous and heavy cargo.
  • Calculate gross and net tonnage, hold capacities, volumes of stored fuel and water, cargo weights, and vessel stability factors, using mathematical formulas.
  • Direct crews to reload freight or to insert additional bracing or packing as necessary.
  • Issue certificates of compliance for vessels without violations.
  • Measure vessels' holds and depths of fuel and water in tanks, using sounding lines and tape measures.
  • Observe loading of freight to ensure that crews comply with procedures.
  • Read draft markings to determine depths of vessels in water.
  • Write certificates of admeasurement that list details such as designs, lengths, depths, and breadths of vessels, and methods of propulsion.