STATEMENT OF FACTS

Statement prepared by an agent showing dates and times of arrival; commencement and completion of loading and discharging; quantity loaded/discharged daily; hours worked/stopped with reasons for break-down of equipment's, etc. Though this is prepared by the agent it is countersigned by the Master / Chief Officer & the Port Authority representative so that the neutrality of the document is established. This is often placed in courts / before arbitrators for examining the veracity of the statements.