Fill in the gaps with the following words: via, flexible, pier, discharging, manifolds, ashore, tanks, starboard, lightering, alongside
In tankers, cargo pumps are used for loading and . Large amounts of piping are to be seen on the deck running from the pump rooms to the discharge positioned at midships, port and . Loading an oil tanker consists primarily of pumping cargo into the ship’s . In discharging, the ship’s cargo pumps are used to move the product . Cargo can be moved on or off an oil tanker in several ways. One method is by ship-to-ship transfer, also known as . In this method, two ships come in open sea and oil is transferred manifold to manifold via hoses. Lightering is sometimes used where a loaded tanker is too large to enter a specific port. Another method is for the ship to moor alongside a , connect with cargo hoses or marine loading arms. A third method (SBM, Single Buoy Mooring) involves mooring to offshore buoys and making a cargo connection underwater cargo hoses.
