Timeline for Why do oil tankers heat crude oil?
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| May 18, 2020 at 18:35 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @Criggie Oh, that's a thing. Railroads have been known to mishandle bulk cargo or just get caught by weather. I remember hearing about a railroad that got a coal train that had gotten drenched in freezing rain or something, and was a big ice cube with some coal in it. So they dragged it to the southern end of their system and let it sit for a few weeks, then dragged it back in better weather. | |
| May 17, 2020 at 19:56 | comment | added | Peter Mortensen | Can you add the missing punctuation? | |
| May 17, 2020 at 0:02 | comment | added | Criggie | I have a vague memory of a crude tanker where the heaters failed in one tank, and the crude cooled and "solidified" The heaters were repaired but the crude could not be pumped because only the underside softened and the pumps cavitated. Could have been trying to off-load in a cold climate. The cure was for the vessel to return to warmer climates where the heat wasn't whipped away by the exterior air, heat the cargo, then return to offload. (might have been news, might have been a fictional story) | |
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| May 15, 2020 at 22:16 | history | answered | Solar Mike | CC BY-SA 4.0 |