Chemical Tanker Notes

This book was prepared to cover a wide range of topics combined with a wealth of the author's personal experiences relevant to all classes of chemical tanker.

Contents include:

Chapter 1 The Voyage
Chapter 2 Tank Cleaning
Chapter 3 Loading
Chapter 4 Departure
Chapter 5 Conditions of Carriage
Chapter 6 Arrival at Discharge Port
Chapter 7 Discharging
Chapter 8 Ballasting
Chapter 9 Prewash
Chapter 10 Terms and Definitions

Appendices
Appendix 1 Compatibility Chart
Appendix 2 Alphabetical Listing of Compounds
Appendix 3 Exceptions to the Compatibility Chart
Appendix 4 Exceptions to the Compatibility Chart
Appendix 5 FOSFA List of Banned Immediate Previous Cargoes
Appendix 6 FOSFA List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes
Appendix 7 World Chemical Trade
Appendix 8 International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
Appendix 9 NLS Certificate
Appendix 10 Procedures and Arrangements Manual
Appendix 11 Cargo Record Book
Appendix 12 Cargo Hose Record
Appendix 13 Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP)
Appendix 14 Guidelines in developing a SMPEP

This is a handbook for deck officers that details all aspects of chemical tanker practice. There are also 46 accounts of personal experiences relevant to the appropriate passages in the book which serve to emphasize some of the key points under discussion.

Published by Seamanship International: 2006