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Piping Arrangement – Conventional Oil Tanker Basics

The arrangement of loading and discharge lines is collectively known as the Ship’s Cargo System. The first oil tankers to carry petroleum products in bulk were equipped with very simple pumping systems. For the most part, they had a single line which ran forward and aft from a midship pump-room, in which were housed two steam reciprocating pumps. One pump served the tanks forward of the pump-room, while the other dealt with the oil from the tanks aft of this pump-room. Some of the more simple types with their engines amidships provided pumps in the engine room to handle the cargo, or … [Read more...]

By Cult of Sea Filed Under: Tankers Tagged With: crude oil, direct line, freeflow, oil tanker, piping, ring main, valves

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