Precision
Every figure has a source.
The rule it was sampled under, the seal number, the scale and its verification certificate, the draughts read. Whoever reads the report two years on should be able to trace the way back to the figure.
02 — About KRM
Cargo surveyors,
in the port, since 2009.
We have surveyed agricultural cargo since 2009, from an office in the Port of Constanța, with most of the work on the Danube and in the silos of southern and eastern Romania. We sample, weigh, inspect holds, attend operations and fumigate — for traders, exporters, farmers, owners and agents.
What a third party is for
The seller and the buyer each have their interest.
The certificate has to belong to neither.
A grain transaction settles on two figures: quantity and quality. When one of the parties establishes them, the other has nothing to rely on. When an independent surveyor establishes them, to published rules and with jointly sealed samples, the figure becomes a fact both can use — and the arbitrator too, if it comes to that.
That is also why the report records what could not be done: the hold nobody went down into, the scale without a verification certificate, the sample drawn from only part of the parcel. A report that does not state its limits is a report you cannot rely on.
Independence
We sign for what we found.
We are appointed by the seller, by the buyer or by both, and paid by whoever appoints us. The result does not depend on that. A certificate written to please the client does not survive arbitration, and the client is the first to lose.
Reliability
We are there when it starts.
The surveyor is at the berth before the first grab, not after it. If a hold could not be inspected or a sample could not be drawn, we say so in the report, rather than leave a gap for someone else to find.
How a mandate goes
Four steps,
the same every time.
- 01 / Instructions
- We receive in writing the cargo, the nominated quantity, the place, the date, the contract terms and the documents that have to come out at the end. Without written instructions we do not start.
- 02 / On site
- The surveyor is at the operation before it starts. Inspects the space, samples, reads the draughts, keeps the log — whatever the mandate provides.
- 03 / Samples and records
- Samples are sealed jointly and go to the laboratory in time. Photographs carry date and time. The operations log records every stoppage.
- 04 / The certificate
- We issue the certificate or report with the method, the seals, the scale, the analysis certificate and the limits of the verification, and send it to whoever instructed us.
What you can check yourself
Listings in
public registers.
The GAFTA registers and the FOSFA members directory are public. Search for "KRM Inspection" under superintendents or fumigators, country Romania. The documents relating to a mandate we send on request.
GAFTAApproved Superintendent
GAFTAApproved Fumigator
FOSFAMember Superintendent, Oilseeds Section
ISO 9001Quality management system
GAFTA approved registers ↗ FOSFA members directory ↗ Direct contact