Idle Gossip Sinks Ships and adds ‘sealed envelope’.

Idle Gossip Sinks Ships and adds ‘sealed envelope’.

Idle Gossip Sinks Ships and adds ‘sealed envelope’.

Knowledge of the various methods of determination of the cargo weight on cargo vessels and tank vessels and other craft.

About 1,500 tanker vessels were active on the Rhine as compared to 203 vessels operating in the Danube area.

This Guide provides best-known safety practices on the operation of tank-barges and terminals.

In 2018, nine new tanker vessels were registered in the Netherlands and nine new vessels were also registered in Germany.

The foams are suitable for the suppression of hydrocarbon and polar organic vapors, and are especially useful in tanker loading.

The tanker cargo segment also increased its newbuilding rate in 2017.

Romanian tanker vessels are amongst the smallest, with an average of only 925 tonnes.

From empirical experience, the maximum volume of cargo tanks is limited to 380 m3 for Rhine standard tanker vessels.

The German fleet has relatively more tanker vessels, and the dry cargo share is “only” 66%.

Suction tubes connected to pumps enable the collected water to be delivered to tanker vessels or pipe delivery systems.

Switzerland and Luxembourg are countries where the share of tanker vessels reaches values above 50%: the share of tanker vessels is 86% for the Swiss fleet and 82% for the Luxembourg fleet.

Low water levels in the past years delayed the decommissioning of these tankers.