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15+15 webinar: Responsible Tank Cleaning
- 08 May 2024
- 08 May 2024
- Online
- David Ditlev Almegaard
- dda@bimco.org
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.
This 30-minute webinar begins at 12:00 UTC (See your time zone here)
15+15 weekly webinars are a 30-minute webinar which includes a 15-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A.
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