What is deep tank cargo?

Deep tanks. Deep tanks were often fitted adjacent to the machinery spaces amidships to provide ballast capacity, improving the draft with little trim, when the ship was light. These tanks were frequently used for carrying general cargoes and also utilized to carry specialist liquid cargoes.

1. What is deep tank in a ship?
2. What are the different types of cargo tanks?
3. Where are deep tanks located?
4. What is cargo tank?
5. Why are deep tanks fitted in merchant ships?
6. What is corrugated bulkhead?

What is deep tank in a ship?

: a portion of a ship's hold bulkheaded off to hold water.

What are the different types of cargo tanks?

The IGC Code categorizes cargo tanks into five main types; integral tanks, membrane tanks, semi-membrane tanks, independent tanks, and internal insulation tanks.

Where are deep tanks located?

Tanks extending from the bottom or inner bottom up to or higher than the lowest deck. They are often fitted with hatches so that they also may be used for dry cargo in lieu of fuel oil, ballast water of liquid cargo.

What is cargo tank?

Cargo tank means a bulk packaging that: (1) Is a tank intended primarily for the carriage of liquids, gases, solids, or semi-solids and includes appurtenances, reinforcements, fittings, and closures (for tank, see §§ 178.337-1, 178.338-1, or 178.345-1, as applicable);

Why are deep tanks fitted in merchant ships?

Deep tanks were often fitted adjacent to the machinery spaces amidships to provide ballast capacity, improving the draft with little trim, when the ship was light. These tanks were frequently used for carrying general cargoes, and also utilized to carry specialist liquid cargoes.

What is corrugated bulkhead?

Corrugated bulkhead is used as the bulkhead of cargo hold compartment of the some kinds of vessels for having easier maintenance, easier loading and unloading and more flexible shape in shrinkage and expansion by thermal load compared to the flat stiffened bulkhead.