Method for Transshipment of Liquid Cargo on Typical Tankers and Flexible Insert "Removable Coating Tankerpack"

A method of transshipping liquid cargo in cargo tanks of a tanker, the method comprising loading and unloading of the liquid cargo,

• wherein the loading of the liquid cargo comprises:
• arranging flexible inserts in the cargo tanks, the flexible inserts having inlet openings and outlet openings provided in an upper part thereof, and being attached at corresponding openings of upper cargo hatches of the cargo tanks, and unfolding the flexible inserts in the cargo tanks;
• assembling a temporary cargo system comprising components that include a main deck pipeline to which adapters and portable hoses with shut-off valves are connected, and lowering the portable hoses into the inlet openings of the flexible inserts arranged inside the cargo tanks;
• filling the liquid cargo through the upper cargo hatches of the cargo tanks into the flexible inserts so as to load the liquid cargo into the cargo tanks;
• disassembling the temporary cargo system after the loading of the liquid cargo;
• and
• wherein the unloading of the liquid cargo comprises:
• assembling the temporary cargo system including the main deck pipeline to which adapters and portable hoses with shut-off valves are connected, and submersible pumps attached to ends of the portable hoses;
• lowering the portable hoses with the submersible pumps attached thereto into the flexible inserts through the upper cargo hatches of the cargo tanks;
• pumping the liquid cargo from the flexible inserts to intended reservoirs at a port using the submersible pumps so as to unload the liquid cargo from the cargo tanks;
• disassembling the temporary cargo system after the unloading of the liquid cargo;
• and
• removing the flexible inserts from the cargo tanks and sending the flexible inserts for disposal at the port of unloading.