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15+15 webinar: Responsible Tank Cleaning

06 March 2024

The discussion questions the relevance of the wall wash inspection and recommends replacing the wall wash with washing water analysis as a safer, more environmentally aware method of determining cargo tank suitability prior to loading any cargo. There is still a reluctance within the wider chemical tanker industry to accept that there may be better alternatives to the wall wash, so in order to address this, Guy Johnson, Director of L&I Maritime Ltd. , will explore just how little the wall wash inspection actually offers at the same time recognising the safety and environmental impacts of achieving a wall wash standard and how the washing water analysis actually contributes to safer working conditions and lower GHG emissions. Does the wall wash inspection definitely tell commercial interests that a cargo can be loaded successfully or not? Assuming a vessel is clean by hiding behind a wall wash result could be seen as bordering on stupidity. The “dilution effect” is the reason why vessels load successfully, not the wall wash specification. Washing Water Analysis significantly reduces confined space entry for the vessels’ crews and cargo surveyors. Washing Water Analysis contributes to a 58% reduction in CO2 emissions during tank cleaning.

IBC and MARPOL Annex II changes require preparations ahead of 1 January 2021

14 October 2020

Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) and International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL) Annex II - Carriage of noxious liquid substances in bulk, will impact all stakeholders in the chemical and Vegetable oils trade. As the amendments enter into force on 1 January 2021, It is recommended that ships replace existing certificates as soon as possible, to make sure the vessels are operational come 1 January.