Bunker Detective

ava group and its divisions ava marine, bunker detective and petro inspect are a professional marine surveying & cargo inspection organization servicing the international commodity trading community. as a marine surveying and consultancy organization our maritime expertise encompasses the entire range of survey and inspection activities from draft surveys to grain loading supervision acting as port captains, from cargo securing/lashing to multi-million dollar project cargo risk assessments, from marine claims to salvage and technical surveys from p&i condition surveys to hull & machinery (h&m) surveys. as the company grew, it was soon realized that a dedicated team of ‘bunker surveyors’ were needed positioned at strategic locations whose sole purpose would be to provide bunker surveying services to ship operators in order to deter fuel theft and mal-practices which are so prevalent even today. out of this, the idea ‘bunker detective’ was born followed by petro inspect to cater for