Tallying Steel cargoes in St. Petersburg, Russia 27 November 2003 No.492 We attach hereto please find information from Pandi Services East, our correspondent in St. Petersburg, Russia, regarding the tally of steel cargoes in St. Petersburg. According to the information, the number of shortage claim on steel shipments from Russian ports is increasing. We hope that this information would be useful for the vessels being fixed to the voyage from Russian ports. It appears that an effective step to avoid the shortage claim is to arrange ship's tallymen in Russian ports, which is preferable especially for the steel cargo. Although it would be possible for you to arrange the ship's tallymen through the vessel's local agent, please feel free to contact our claims department in case you would like to ask our correspondents' assistance. However, please note that fees for ship's tallymen or pre-loading survey are not fallen into our coverage. In case of emergency our correspondent in St. Petersburg is accessible as follow; Pandi Services East Ul.Kronshtadtskaya 15-Office 308 198096 St. Petersburg, RUSSIA Tel:+7 812 320 98 46 Fax:+7 812 320 83 10 e-mail:pandi@comset.net Tallying steel cargoes in St. Petersburg, Russia According to the port regulations, cargoes are to be tallied by the port tallymen and by the tallymen working on behalf of the vessel i.e. the ships crew or independent tallymen appointed by the Owners or the Charterers of the vessel. Shippers, as a rule, do not appoint an independent tally and accept the tally carried out by the port tallymen. The port's and the ship's tallymen must verify their counts at the end of every working shift and sign each other's tally sheets. If any discrepancy is found they should re- check the quantity of cargo loaded and rectify the discrepancy to mutual satisfaction. Cargo operations can be suspended when necessary. If the Owners or the Charterers do not appoint any independent tallymen and the ship does not arrange for a tally to