I hear offloading an LNG ship is the most worrisome time.

Scotty
"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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"Capt. Lewry" wrote in
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"otnmbrd" wrote in message
Give me a nice fully loaded tanker with all sorts of GM in
a nasty sea, any
day.
If your worried about explosions..... the only time that's
really a concern
is during tank cleaning.... the gas freeing stage.





25.201...

A. I'm not Italian
B. I prefer tankers



"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
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Somebody slap otnmbrd. Teach the guy how to stack
shipping
containers.

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Wilbur Hubbard





Tankers? Do you have a death wish? Or are those things
safe?

I've never sailed on these types. There are some very strict procedures
that must be followed when loading/discharging these ship.
If you look at a number of examples of tanker explosions (barring war)
you'll see most occur during tank cleaning, gas freeing, repairs.
When VLCC's and ULCC's first came into existence there were a number of
explosions during tank cleaning. It was found that due to the size of the
tanks, when cleaning a condition much like a thunderstorm was created in
the tanks and when the oxygen gas mixture got correct.....boom. Hence the
reason for IG (inert gas) and COW (crude oil washing).

I hear offloading an LNG ship is the most worrisome time.

Scotty