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New Venture on Top of the Slops
01 Mar 2004
From early next month ships visiting the Port of Falmouth will have a new service available to them as a result of a joint venture between ship repair and conversion specialist A&PFalmouth and marine oil terminal operators Falmouth Oil Services (FOS). The new facility to receive and recycle oil slops will boost trade in the port while providing a valuable service to ships in the busy shipping lanes of the English Channel.
The new service will also facilitate faster turnaround on vessels in dry dock which require tank emptying and washout before entering the port. Ships currently requiring similar facilities must go to Rotterdam or Le Havre.
Work to convert an existing oil storage tank is currently underway with modifications to include the installation of carbon filter units to eliminate vapours emitted from the recycling process. Once operational, slops will be processed at the facility to separate the water from the spent oil, which once reduced in bulk can be recycled.
By offering the service at Falmouth, the Port will be able to handle all MARPOL Annex 1 oils, which include crude oil and gasoline which are classed as low flash slops, meaning that vapour from the oil can ignite even at low temperatures.
The venture is expected to help win additional repair work for A&P Falmouth, which in the past has lost work because ship owners have found it easier and more cost effective to put their ships in dry dock at a yard with slops discharge facilities nearby.
A&P Falmouth's commercial director David Daniel said, 'With all ships needing to discharge their slops at some point, we are delighted that soon we will be able to meet demand by offering the service in Falmouth.'
MJ Information No: 19246
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