Benefits of Work Boat Inspection
Do it right the first time
Work boats are most commonly one-off vessels. This is extremely challenging for the builder, because the prototype is also the vessel to be handed over to the customer and it must work to the agreed specification. The situation is equally uncertain from the customer's perspective. The customer who ordered the vessel will want the best possible assurance that the vessel works as expected in its future duties; after all, purchasing the vessel involves a significant financial investment. Should the customer decide to purchase the vessel from a new supplier of work boats, or if the customer has no prior experience in the special technical characteristics and manufacturing of work boats, Eurofins Expert Services work boat inspection is particularly useful.
Although the manufacturer bears the ultimate responsibility, a work boat inspection carried out by Eurofins Expert Services may be very beneficial for achieving the desired end result.
Proactive review
The inspection process reaps the most benefits when stability and load capacity are assessed well in advance of beginning the building process. At that stage, it is still possible to influence the main dimensions and other basic solutions that are difficult to fix later on. Based on our experience and a database of hundreds of built boats, we are able to assess whether the presented performance values are realistic or not. If necessary, we will expand the scope of the contract to include a more detailed design review containing speed predictions or an assessment of more unusual structural solutions, for instance.
Ship Safety Control Act
Many work boat inspections have also been carried out on the customer's request in order to ensure that a boat is functional and up to specification. In addition to Finland, the work boats we have inspected are in service in large numbers in the Nordic countries, Germany, the Netherlands and Greenland, for example.
Using Eurofins Expert Services work boat inspection leaves the manufacturer and the customer more time to concentrate on improving the functionality of the vessel, as its structural safety is in good hands.
Here you can see our services for the designers, manufacturers and users of work boats.
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