What is Chemical tanker ship ?

WHAT IS CHEMICAL TANKER SHIP ?

A chemical tanker is a type of tanker ship designed to transport chemicals in bulk. As defined in MARPOL Annex II, chemical tanker means a ship constructed or adapted for carrying in bulk any liquid product listed in chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code.


Chemical tankers are tankers that are used to transport various liquid chemicals. Each Chemical Tankers transport the same kind of chemicals. They range from 5000 DWT to 35000DWT in size. The size is very smaller of these vessels as compared to the Oil tankers due to the specialized nature of the cargo and the size restriction of the Ports and shore facilities.

It consists of various tanks which are coated with specialized coatings such as Phenolic epoxy or stainless steel or zinc paint. Type of coating of their tanks determines the suitable cargo(the chemical which can be carried.

Customarily Chemical Tankers can be classified into 3 categories as per their type:


TYPE 1

Products which possess very serious environmental and safety hazards which require maximum preventive measures to prevent any leakage of cargo comes under Type 1 Chemical Tanker.

TYPE 2

Chemical products with markedly severe environmental and safety hazards which require significant preventive measures to forestall any escape of such cargo can be classified as Type 2 Chemical Tankers.

TYPE 3

Chemical tankers which transport products with amply severe environmental and safety hazards which require a moderate degree of containment in a damaged condition can be referred to as Type 3 Chemical Tankers.

Most of these chemical Tankers are IMO Type 2 or Type 3 since the volume of IMO Type 1 cargo is limited.






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