Research & Insights

Research & Insights is the publication library of Observater Surveys and Services Group, independent marine and cargo surveyors headquartered in Mombasa and established on the ground through group companies in Djibouti, Dar es Salaam, Maputo, and Kampala, with active operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Cameroon. Behind the library stands a surveyors’ network covering 64+ ports across Africa, backed by a global partner network reaching 150+ countries, so the same standard of evidence travels wherever the cargo does. The library carries white papers, claims notes, corridor briefings, and field intelligence written for the professionals who carry marine risk: P&I clubs and correspondents, cargo and hull underwriters, banks and trade financiers, freight forwarders, shipowners, charterers, and cargo interests trading with Africa.

Coverage follows the work: bunker surveys and fuel disputes, steel cargo and rust claims, draft surveys and shortage, reefer and cold chain losses, mineral cargo on the corridors, container and transloading disputes, project cargo and heavy lift, marine claims practice, notice periods and time bars, and the risk management surveys that prevent losses before they run. Papers are published as they are written, and every publication in the archive above can be read on this page or opened as its own page.

The service practice behind the library: cargo inspections across Africa, global coverage at load and discharge ports, marine claims handled end to end, bunker surveys, steel cargo surveys, and insurance surveys and risk management. To instruct a surveyor anywhere the group works, write to surveys@observater.com or call or WhatsApp +254 776 960 820.