tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post2517327619790719970..comments2024-03-28T06:45:47.449-03:00Comments on Shipfax: Veteran Tanker Sold OnMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09559556529557710099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post-17191907934628131162017-02-22T14:06:32.684-04:002017-02-22T14:06:32.684-04:00Just a small correction. We used the ship boiler t...Just a small correction. We used the ship boiler to reheat the cargo (not barge mounted). Although the engine room had been flooded, we were able to repair the ship boiler and use it to heat the cargo heating oil. What we used that was not ship specific were the heating coils. We knew that the cargo tanks were damage at the bottom (although the ship was double skin). Using the ship coils at the bottom of the tanks would had probably cause an asphalt eruption (not good). We got 15 feet long vertical coils made and heated 15 feet deep of asphalt from the top of the cargo using the still harden cargo at the bottom as a plug for the damage bottom. The 15 feet of melted asphalt was then pumped out from the top with mobile pumps. Only enough cargo was pumped out to tow the ship off the shore. The remainder of the cargo was pumped out when the ship was alongside in the St-Charles river (Quebec city).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com