Protecting the Gulf: Tank Cleaning and Environmental Care in RAK Maritime Port

 


The ocean is a vast blue home for fish, turtles, coral reefs, and all types of sea creatures. It also allows vessels to travel safely to transport our food, fuel, and goods from around the world. To keep a happy ocean home, we must care for the ocean. One part of caring for the ocean is through tank cleaning in ports like RAK Maritime Port in Ras Al Khaimah. 


Let’s take a look at how tank cleaning helps to protect the Gulf and why it is such a big part of environmental care in the UAE.


What Is Tank Cleaning?


Each vessel contain tanks that help store oil, fuel, and other liquid as needed for their journey. Over time, these tanks accumulate sludge, slop oil, and dirt from the materials contained in the tanks. This is sticky residue and it could be hazardous to leave it uncleaned.


Tank cleaning refers to the process of safely removing all remaining oil and waste so that the ship can perform its duties. Clean tanks help the ships use less fuel, travel at faster speeds, and reduce emissions.

To help understand tank cleaning, think of when you wash your water bottle and fill it again. If you don’t wash it, when you fill it again it was previously contaminated by the water bottle or residue from the original filling of the water bottle. Ships are similar. 


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