Use of oil tanker return/ballast space for the transportation of freshwater

This report analyzes the concept of using oil tankers’ free cargo space and/or segregated ballast tanks to transport freshwater on the return leg, i.e. from oil unloading port back to oil loading port – also called freshwater backhauling (FWBH). The hypothesis considered is that by shipping freshwat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sharma, Vishal, Lande, Pål Berg
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for marin teknikk 2010
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-11588