The Official Standard for Bulk Carrier and Tanker Surveys

Published by the International Maritime Organization, the ESP Code sets out the enhanced survey requirements that bulk carriers and oil tankers must meet throughout their working life. It brings together the inspection procedures, reporting formats and technical guidance that surveyors, owners and classification societies rely on to assess a vessel's structural condition.

This edition consolidates the code's requirements for reference by maritime professionals, from ship surveyors and superintendents to naval architects and students of marine engineering. It is a working reference rather than general reading, intended for anyone who needs the current enhanced survey programme requirements close at hand.

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