The Bunker Detectives

Our surveyors are highly experienced Greek former Masters and Chief Engineers, bringing first-hand command and engine-room knowledge to every attendance.

• They understand how a vessel should operate, from the bridge to the engine room.
• They recognise inconsistencies that may escape a conventional inspection.
• They communicate with Masters and Chief Engineers from a position of genuine seagoing experience.
• Their authority, knowledge and determination are immediately recognised onboard.

They know ships — and everyone onboard knows it.

For IMI Ltd., every survey begins long before our surveyor boards the vessel. Our proprietary database of more than 4,500 surveyed vessels provides an immediate and detailed picture of each ship’s actual operational profile.

• Our records include actual charter-party speed and consumption data, shipyard information, tank arrangements and previous survey findings.
• Each vessel can be compared with sister ships and other vessels of similar design, size, machinery and trading profile.
• Our AI-assisted analytical tools rapidly cross-reference the available data and highlight unusual consumption patterns, discrepancies and areas requiring closer investigation.
• The surveyor therefore boards the vessel with a targeted inspection plan and a clear understanding of where attention should be focused.

Better intelligence before boarding. Sharper findings onboard.

Unique, patented and custom-made inspection tools, developed exclusively by IMI Ltd., are combined with specialised procedures refined through decades of real bunker investigations.

• Our purpose-built tools help reveal concealed quantities and manipulation that conventional survey methods may overlook.
• Suspicious measurements, gauges and sounding arrangements can be independently examined and verified.
• Every inspection procedure has been developed through direct experience with demanding bunker cases worldwide.
• This combination provides the highest possible level of accuracy, reliability and confidence in our findings.

Purpose-built tools. Proven procedures. Decisive findings.

An IMI investigation goes far beyond the declared figures. We question documents, measurements, equipment, tank arrangements and anything onboard that does not correspond with the vessel’s true operational profile.

• Every reading is independently checked rather than accepted at face value.
• Physical arrangements, sounding pipes, gauges, tanks and measuring equipment are examined for inconsistencies or possible manipulation.
• Documents, logbooks and reported consumption are cross-checked against the vessel’s actual condition and historical performance.
• Whenever something does not make sense, we investigate further until a clear and professionally supported conclusion can be reached.

We trust experience. We verify everything else.