Chemical hazards ||
Various chemicals ||
Cargo Stowage ||
Care
||Tank cleaning
||Handling equipments
|| Home
Controlled discharge of ( noxious) tank washing at sea - chemical tanker guideline
First and foremost the cargo tanks and piping shall be discharged as completely as possible, taking into account:
a) Ship to have beneficial trim and list to assist final stripping
b) Cargo to have correct temperature for easy flow to pump suctious.
c) Adjoining tank walls (=cargoes) as far as possible to have a temperature which reduces noxious cargo under discharge
to cling to the walls.
d) Possibilities to drain the piping system by blowing ashore with air or inert gas or use stripping line of small diameter
ashore.
Studies and calculations have been made for many individual ships and products to demonstrate that the amount of
cargo remains from the various tanks, using above procedures and other particular methods, will not exceed the
“permissible amounts for B and C" (1 m *3 or 1/3000 arid 3 m *3 or 1/1000 of tank volume).
Similarly, pumping procedures for overboard discharge (pumping speed and discharge pipe arrangement) have been
established for many vessels in order to fullfill requirements of dilution in the ship's wake. In some ships special
"mixing tanks'' are provided. By means of mixing pumps cargo remains are diluted with seawater to permissible
concentrations.