Cargo-specific cleaning

Practical guides from the people who do the work — hull, hold and tank cleaning, in-water survey and the port conditions that decide how a job goes.

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  Cargo-specific cleaning

  Coal hold cleaning: removing coal dust, stains and residue for the next cargo

  How to clean coal residue and coal dust from bulk carrier holds, remove coal stains from tank tops, and what each next cargo (grain, fertiliser, cement, iron ore) actually demands.

  11 October 2026 · 5 min read

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  Cargo-specific cleaning

  Cleaning holds after sulphur: washing, limewashing and stopping the corrosion

  Why sulphur attacks cargo holds, why the IMSBC Code says fresh water and not seawater, how to limewash before loading, and how to clean and prepare holds after a sulphur cargo.

  11 October 2026 · 5 min read

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  Petcoke hold cleaning: why it's so hard to remove and how to get holds back to grain clean

  Why petroleum coke sticks to cargo holds, which chemicals work, how to clean petcoke from frames and brackets, and a realistic petcoke-to-grain hold cleaning procedure.

  10 October 2026 · 6 min read