Fuel Tank Cleaning and Inspection by Chief Engineer Ashish Goyal

The fuel oil Bunker tank cleaning is carried out as a preparation for IMO 2020 regulation for emission control and fuel compliance. The method is prefeared over scrubber technology. The tank cleaning was completed in time after defeating all challenges and sets up a perfect example of team work onboard.

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Why Fuel Oil tank Does not require IG, However, when we load it as Cargo on Tankers, we require IG? THANKS.

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Thank you Mr. Vaibhav for responding the video. IG is required for tankers above 20000DWT, There are two main reasons 1. During cargo discharge the atmosphere inside the tank to be kept below Lower explosive limit ( LEL). The level/amount of explosive gases in case of tankers is much higher than the fuel oil tanks. 2. During cargo discharge generation of static electricity is another problem which is required to be dealt with. Static electricity acts as the ignition source. In case of fuel oil tank generation of static electricity is not there. Hence there are the two main reasons because of which IG is not required for fuel oil tanks. I hope this should suffice. For other quality articles please visit our site www.marinetecs.com