Marine surveying

We provide quality assurance and control services, industrial inspection and regulatory inspection in construction activities, transformation, repair and maintenance of ships and offshore construction.

Our services

Non destructive essays:

Visual inspection
Penetrating liquids
Magnetic particles
Conventional ultrasound – Phased Array – TOFD
Endoscopy and videoscopy
Induced currents
Industrial radiography (X-rays and γ-rays)
Chemical analysis by RX fluorescence
Measurement of hardness

Destructive tests:

Traction
Bent
Macro and micrograph
Impact
Laboratory hardness (Vickers – Rockwel – Brinell)
Metallographic replicas

Thickness measurement (ships and floating devices and offshore platforms).
IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Materials).
Certification of lifting devices: deck cranes, lifting and mooring elements, bridge cranes in engine rooms and other deck machines
Alignment of shafts, engines and equipment dry and afloat
thermography
vibrational analysis
Dimensional and position control
Regulatory inspection
Technical advice and supervision
PQR-WPS-WPQ approval and qualification

In vessels under construction, repair, transformation and maintenance:

Fuel / gas facilities, etc.
Electrical installations
Leakage inspection using vacum boxesTests of tightness.
Tightness inspection by ultrasonic.

In vessels in operation and in ports

Pre board inspections (P.S.I.) Control and monitoring of loading operations.
Control of temperature and humidity and analysis of the cargo (solid and liquid bulk)
Control of loading and unloading Independent inspections
Bunker survey
Draft survey
Analysis of gas emissions into the atmosphere
On / off hire condition.
Pre-purchase inspection: complet condition inspection.
Gas free: Inspection and certification..
Container inspection (csc)

Why Apave

We have accredited professionals in different fields:

Level 2 and level 3 according to EN473/ISO 9712 and SNT-TC-1A
International Welding Engineers and European Welding Engineers by the IWI
Inspectors of welded constructions levels 2 and 3 according to UNE 14618 by CESOL
Inspectors of welded constructions according to AWS QC1 by AWS

We have ENAC accreditations as an NDT laboratory according to ISO 17025 (845/LE1878) and as an inspection body according to ISO 17020 (06/EI007).

We offer our clients our experience in dimensional metrology.
We have a calibration laboratory for equipment and tools.
We use innovative control and inspection techniques, such as weld inspection using TOFD, chemical analysis of materials in situ with a spectrometer (SPECTROTEST), corrosion inspection using PHASED ARRAY as an alternative to radiographic testing in complicated welds, DIGITAL RADIGRAPHIC TEST or EMAT Technique for thickness inspection at high temperatures.

Our certifications

and approvals

Certification by RINA as a provider of thickness measurement services in marine structures.
Certification by DNV GL as a provider of thickness measurement services in all types of ships and offshore units.
Certification by ABS as a provider of thickness measurement services in ships and offshore units.
Approval by ClassNK as a provider of thickness measurement services on ships and offshore platforms.
Certification by RINA as a service provider for the realization of IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Materials) worldwide.

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Non-destructive testing

Non-destructive testing (NDT) makes it possible to assess the integrity of industrial structures without damaging them, to determine acceptability thresholds and to detect defects during condition diagnosis, so that the element under assessment can be replaced or reinforced as soon as possible without interrupting activity. Thanks to state-of-the-art instruments, Apave can carry out non-destructive testing of your production and structures using a wide range of means: ultrasound, acoustic emission, liquid penetrant, magnetic particles, radiography or thermography.

Destructive testing

Welded joints can be checked by various destructive testing techniques (microstructure, tensile tests, bending tests, microhardness filiations, macrographic examinations, chemical analyses, etc.) to ensure their conformity. These destructive tests are used to determine the characteristics of a weld and to certify the correct choice of welding parameters. The same applies to texture tests.

Eurocontrol technician doing an equipment inspection

Inspection and monitoring of equipment, components and supplies

At all levels of your manufacturing chain, Apave can conduct inspections of your production equipment, in-process products, quality of materials and verification of manufacturing programmes. Our teams of experts can provide a concrete response to your specific problems at all levels.