Inerting of Cargo Tanks: How Exactly to do it?

Explosions and fire on ships have been the main headlines in the year 2018. If you've been keeping up with the latest shipping news, you know what I am talking about. Fire on tankers is the most dreadful thing to imagine, specially in case the tanker is a loaded tanker. But there was a time when safety on tankers used to be the only concern. In present world, we need to do things safely and we need to do it economically. For example if you are inerting a tank with shore nitrogen, doing it safely is not the only criteria. Of course, it is the most important one. But you will also be questioned about the time taken in inerting the tanks and amount of shore nitrogen that you have used in doing so. There are creatures out there who are counting each second of extra time taken and each gram of the additional resource used. And they aren't doing anything wrong. Market is tough and competitive. An ounce saved is an ounce earned. The only way to do the things safely as well as economically is to understand the task inside out. Why we are doing it and how do we do it? In this post I will discuss about inerting of cargo tanks on tankers. Inerting Tankers carry flammable cargoes. Which means that one element of fire-triangle (Fuel) is always present on tankers. And we know that o...