This guide outlines procedures for the cleaning of cargo tanks on chemical and petroleum tankers. It contains a tank cleaning cross table, which gives cleaning guidelines for more than 400 bulk liquid cargoes. Tank cleaning procedures are listed for some 170,000 previous to next cargo combinations.
The cargoes in this guide have been selected from the products listed in the IBC-Code and in the HM (Hydrocarbon Management) 50 Guidelines of the Energy Institute.