Cargo Surveyor for Android – Tutorials part 12: The Reference Heights & raw measurements report

The tutorials part 12 for the Android version of Cargo Surveyor deals with the reference heights and raw measurements report.

In number 11 of the tutorials for Cargo Surveyor for Android we discussed the time sheet.

Today we will discuss part 12 of the tutorials, which deals with the reference heights and raw measurements report.

To get to the ref heights and raw measurements editor we first need to go to the list of reports (‘Pdf/jpg Reports’), which can be accessed by pressing the options menu button (on newer phones this in the top right hand corner of the screen); this options menu is available from within:

• the first screen when you open the app
• the tank configuration screen for standard layout
• the tank configuration screen for extended layout

After pressing the option ‘Pdf/jpg Reports’, the list of available types of reports appears. If you accessed this from the very first screen, a message comes up first, asking you to confirm whether to use standard or extended layout for ullage reports. For ref heights and raw measurements reports you can choose either, it makes no difference. The choice between extended and standard layout is only important for ullage reports and transfer summary reports:

After selecting ‘EXTENDED’ or ‘STANDARD’ (if applicable), from the list above you select ‘Ref heights / raw measurement reports ‘, and this will bring you to the list of available ref heights and raw measurements reports. If this is the first time that you are going to create this report, the list will show only one entry: ‘Create new entry’:

After pressing the ‘Create new entry’ line in the list, you will be asked to enter a title for the report, we can simply use our ‘Testship’ as title:

Once you press ‘OK’, the ref heights and raw measurements reports list shows the new entry ‘Testship’. The here described process for accessing the pdf/jpg reports, and for creating a new pdf/jpg report is the same for all the reports except for the ullage report and transfer report; the ullage report is created from within the STANDARD and EXTENDED tank layout. The transfer report is created based on the selection of two existing ullage reports, as discussed previously.

Now if you select the ‘Testship’ entry, the ref heights and raw measurements editor appears if you select ‘Load/Edit data’ from the list of available actions:

The following controls are available in the Ref height editor:

1. Fields for vessel, port etc: these 4 entries are taken from the report settings if they exist and can be overwritten. They can only be entered / changed when the 1^st tank is selected.
2. Ullage units, either Mtrs or Ft and inches. If you change the setting while there are values in the applicable fields, these will automatically be converted.
3. Temperature unit, either deg C or F. The same applies as with ullage units.
4. A drop down to choose the means of measurement (MMC, UTI or Tape). This can only be set / changed if the 1^st tank is selected, just like the ullage and temperature units.
5. A field for the serial number of the measurement instrument, can only be changed if first tank is selected.
6. A switch to indicate if the instrument has been verified. If you set the switch to ‘No’, an additional field ‘Reason?’ appears and you can enter a reason. This can only be changed when the first tank is selected.
7. A switch to indicate whether the calibration certificate for the instrument is in order (i.e. is it available, has it been sighted, is it valid). If you set this to ‘No’ an additional field is visible where you can enter a reason, as shown in the picture.
8. A field for describing the means of water detection (i.e. paste, or UTI/MMC).
9. The name of the currently selected tank. If you change the name of a tank, this change gets immediately reflected in the tank picker (14).
10. The set of three ullages to enter.
11. The set of three temperatures to enter.
12. The levels at which temperatures were taken.
13. The official and the measured reference height values.
14. The tank picker, with a button “+” to create new entries.
15. A field for any additional remarks and a field for a disclaimer. If this exists in report settings, it is that is used if the disclaimer field here is left empty. This can be overwritten manually.

As mentioned in previous tutorials, within each list of available reports there is a shortcut to the settings page (where applicable), to be able to quickly change settings such as whether to use SI Metric or Imperial.

Once your report is created and you select the entry, you can delete, copy, edit or view the report, and also create a new report.

The first 4 entries are taken from report settings and can be overwritten manually. In the top part of the screen there are two switches to which let you choose mtrs or Ft and inches for ullage, and °C or °F for the temperature unit.

These can only be set for the first tank. If an entry exists, this entry is automatically converted when you change the unit setting.

The next switch let you choose whether measurements were taken using MMC, UTI or tape. This will be reflected in the report. Also the serial number of the instrument can be entered.

Next there are two switches for indicating whether the instrument has been verified by the surveyor (against his own calibrated equipment), and whether the calibration certificate for the vessel’s instrument is available, has been sighted and found acceptable, and if not, the reason.

There is a field to indicate how water detection has been established, usually either using water finding paste or utilizing the interface detection mechanism in the UTI or MMC. This field can only be edited when the first tank is selected.

Below the water detection field you will find the tank picker. Initially only 1 tank is available. Once you edit the report, the tank names can be edited as well, to suitable names such as 1P, 3C etc.

Below the tank picker you will find the fields for tank name, measured ullages, measured temperatures and reference heights. As mentioned above, the units for these can be selected only when the 1^st tank is selected, and any existing values are automatically converted when you change the unit. When entering ullages in feet and inches, it is necessary to use a comma to separate feet and inches.

Next to the tank picker there is a button “+”, used to create new entries. The name of the new entry is always set at the total number of entries, once the entry is there you can edit the name as you see fit.

Regardless of whether you enter ullages, reference heights and temperatures in Metric or Imperial units, when you generate the report you can choose whether to generate in either form, by choosing SI Metric or Imperial in general settings.

Once you are done with creating and editing and return to the list of reports, you can choose to view the report, and you will again be given the options to send by email and export to csv file as with other reports.

Reference heights and raw measurements report using Metric units

If you press the back button and answer the queries regarding sending the report by email exporting to csv with ‘NO’, you arrive back in the reference heights records list, where you can change the units setting between SI Metric and Imperial. After changing to Imperial, if you select the ‘Testship’ report again and press ‘View pdf’, you can see the report using Imperial units.

Reference heights and raw measurements report using Imperial units

This is the end of part 12 of this tutorial; in part 13 and further we will discuss the NOADs and SOFs. In the mean time, for those who are interested in Cargo Surveyor for Android: the app can be downloaded here:

 

 

 

 

We post updates for the app in Google Play frequently to solve minor bugs, and advise all users to update as soon as a new update is available; we don’t use advertisements in Cargo Surveyor and we never will.

If you have any queries, suggestions, comments, criticism about the app or this blog post, please let us know! We always do our best to accommodate any requests for additions/modifications to our apps if they improve the value!

 

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Cargo Surveyor for Android – Tutorials part 11: The Time Sheet

The tutorials part 11 for the Android version of Cargo Surveyor deals with the time sheet.

In number 10 of the tutorials for Cargo Surveyor for Android we discussed the master’s receipt of sampling.

Today we will discuss part 11 of the tutorials, which deals with the time sheet.

The time sheet editor holds a maximum of almost 100 entries for each time sheet report. About half of those entries are pre-configured but can be edited with custom text.

To get to the time sheet editor we first need to go to the list of reports (‘Pdf/jpg Reports’), which can be accessed by pressing the options menu button (on newer phones this in the top right hand corner of the screen); this options menu is available from within:

• the first screen when you open the app
• the tank configuration screen for standard layout
• the tank configuration screen for extended layout

After pressing the option ‘Pdf/jpg Reports’, the list of available types of reports appears. If you accessed this from the very first screen, a message comes up first, asking you to confirm whether to use standard or extended layout for ullage reports. For time sheets you can choose either, it makes no difference. The choice between extended and standard layout is only important for ullage reports and transfer summary reports:

After selecting ‘EXTENDED’ or ‘STANDARD’ (if applicable), from the list above you select ‘time sheets’, and this will bring you to the list of available time sheet reports. If this is the first time that you are going to create a time sheet report, the list will show only one entry: ‘Create new entry’:

After pressing the ‘Create new entry’ line in the list, you will be asked to enter a title for the report, we can simply use our ‘Testship’ as title:

Once you press ‘OK’, the time sheet reports list shows the new entry ‘Testship’. The here described process for accessing the pdf/jpg reports, and for creating a new pdf/jpg report is the same for all the reports except for the ullage report and transfer report; the ullage report is created from within the STANDARD and EXTENDED tank layout. The transfer report is created based on the selection of two existing ullage reports, as discussed previously.

Now if you select the ‘Testship’ entry, the time sheet entry list appears if you select ‘Load/Edit data’ from the list of available actions:

 

Time sheet entry list

 

After selecting ‘Load/Edit Data’, the time sheet report list appears and shows you a standard template list of possible entries. An initial 37 standard entries have already been prepared and there is room for another 60 (currently blank) entries.

All standard entries can be edited and given new titles as desired, inside the time sheet editor.

In order to edit an entry, simply select it; the time sheet editor will show up and let you change the details as shown below:

Time sheet editor

After selecting an entry, for example ‘End of Passage’, the details of this entry are shown in the time sheet editor, as in above picture.

In the time sheet editor the title of the entry is shown at the top. This title can be edited to whatever you want it to be.

The date and time automatically shows as the current date time, and you can enter the desired date and time by selecting either one using the appropriate picker.

If you press ‘Cancel’, no changes will be made.

If you press ‘Clear’, then the title remains as is, but date/time information is removed from the entry.

If you press ‘OK’, the information is updated and saved into the database.

Date / time entries can be made in any order you wish, the app automatically sorts all entries chronologically when preparing a time sheet report.

Date and time entry can be changed using either the +/- buttons or by selecting the numbers or month name and using the keyboard to change them.

Printing, sending as email and saving as image or pdf is all done just like with the other reports: once you select an existing entry, the pdf of the time sheet is automatically compiled, and you get the choice to send by email and export to csv just like any other report.

Header data is all taken from the report settings entries.

A number of standard entries such as end of passage, pilot on board etc are already prepared, but you can edit each title and create your own as required, in the time sheet editor.

In the generated report only entries that have been completed with date and time are printed.

Please see below picture for the produced time sheet:

Timesheet testship

This is the end of part 11 of this tutorial; in part 12 we will discuss the Ref heights / raw measurements report. In the mean time, for those who are interested in Cargo Surveyor for Android: the app can be downloaded here:

 

 

 

 

We post updates for the app in Google Play frequently to solve minor bugs, and advise all users to update as soon as a new update is available; we don’t use advertisements in Cargo Surveyor and we never will.

If you have any queries, suggestions, comments, criticism about the app or this blog post, please let us know! We always do our best to accommodate any requests for additions/modifications to our apps if they improve the value!

 

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CargoSurveyor Tools for iOS Version 1.4.1 is out!

After a long period of silence on the Apple side of development, we have decided to update our existing iphone apps to the latest iphone version, iOS 10.

Today (4th September 2016) version 1.4.1 of CargoSurveyor Tools for iOS was published.

This update was published in order to make the app available on iOS 8, 9 and 10.

The previous version of the app had problems with scrolling larger screens in particular when editing data in text fields. Most of these problems have now been solved.

As a reminder of the features of this app, the toolbox contains (amongst others) the following items:

1: Fully configurable ullage form:

The user can choose the number of tanks, from a minimum set of 5 wing tanks plus two slop tanks, to a maximum set of 7 crosses plus two slop tanks, as well as three bottom lines:

Configure number of tanks

Regardless of the program’s main settings, ullages /temperatures/densities/volumes can be entered in either SI Metric or Imperial units. In the same report both Metric and Imperial units can be mixed, the app will automatically convert to the right units during processing.

When the time comes to save/print or email the report, the user can choose whether to use SI Metric or Imperial units, regardless of which units have been used during the creation of the report. An unlimited number of ullage reports can be saved, and existing reports can be cloned in order to create different reports for the same ship (i.e before and after discharging etc).

The report can be send as an email attachment from within the app, and can also be saved as a png file to the camera roll. If required, the png file can then be transferred to a desktop computer for printing.

2: Fully configurable time sheet editor:

The time sheet editor comes with a whole bunch of standard entries but has ample room for new entries as required by the user. Events can be entered into the editor in any order, the app will automatically sort all entries by date and time. An unlimited number of time sheets can be saved, one for each ship and/or event as desired. Like the ullage report, the time sheet can be send as an email attachment from within the app, and can be saved to the camera roll for transferring to a computer:

Time sheet standard entries

Time sheet details editor

3: Configurable wedge calculator:

The app contains a wedge calculator with the following features:

    – calculate wedge volume based on ship/tank dimensions

    – calculate wedge volume based on tank calibration table volume

    – calculate wedge volume using either Metric or Imperial units

Entries made are automatically saved and restored the next time the user opens the wedge calculator.

Wedge volume using tank dimensions

Wedge volume using tank table volume

4: Instant tank totals view per grade, or for all grades together:

After creating an ullage sheet and filling in a grade name, temperature, volume and density (or API) for each tank, the user can view the tank totals, either per grade or the grand totals. The totals screen will give the totals of observed volume, gross standard volume, metric tons etc, as well as the physical average temperature of the cargo.

List of available grades

Totals – Imperial units

Totals – Metric units

Again regardless of what units have been used in the ullage report, the totals can be viewed in either Metric or Imperial units by choosing the desired unit in general settings.

 5: Detail view for each tank after entering data:

After entering data in the tank details editor, all data can be viewed for each tank in the first screen, using the buttons to select either a tank or a bottom line:

Details of tank 4P

Configure number of tanks

Settings: in the ‘more’ screen the user has access to a settings panel, where there are options to:

 – chose ASTM tables 1980 or 2004

 – chose SI Metric or Imperial units and methods (i.e. whether to use table  6A or 54A for example)

 – chose whether to calculate metric tons in air using table 56 or using  density(vac) – 11 points

 – set the precision for vcf, gsv, metric tons etc

 

 Aside from all the above, the app contains a complete set of forms as  required by marine cargo surveyors:

– Customizable report settings, including company logo, standard email recipients, report titles etc

Report settings part 1

Report settings part 2

 – Transfer summary (for vessel) and executive transfer summary (for the client)

Transfer summary editor (partial view)

transfer summary 2nd part (partial view)

transfer summary simple view

transfer summary pdf for client

– Pumping log

Pumping log editor (partial view)

pumping log – lower half

Pumping log report

– OBQ / ROB report

OBQ/ROB report part1

OBQ/ROB report part2

OBQ/ROB report pdf

– Slop report

Slop report part 1

Slop report part 2

Slop report pdf

– Reference heights and raw measurements report

Ref heights report part 1

Ref heights report part 2

Ref heights report pdf

– Bunker report

Bunker report part 1

Bunker report part 2

Bunker report pdf

– VEF report

VEF report part 1

VEF report part 2

VEF report pdf

– Preloading report

Preloading report part 1

Preloading report part 2

Preloading report part 3

Preloading report pdf

– Sampling report

Sampling report part 1

Sampling report part 2

Sampling report pdf

– Standard protest letters (such as ship/shore diff, ship fig/BL diff, in transit diff)

Notice of apparent discrepancy example part 1

Notice of apparent discrepancy example part 2

Notice of apparent discrepancy example pdf

– Standard Statement of Facts letters (such as H2S / HC in cargo tanks, Inert Gas in tanks)

Available statement of fact and notice of discrepancy forms

– Two fully customizable Notice of Discrepancy and Statement of Facts forms

CargoSurveyor can be downloaded here.

We should like to advise everyone who has downloaded the app in the past to update as soon as possible to ensure a flawless CargoSurveyor experience.