Sentence examples for slop tank from inspiring English sources
N = number of tanks containing Category B NLS residue pumped into the slop tank.
According to Trafigura, the crew realised that the slop tank was full and the company contacted a specialist firm, Amsterdam Port Services (APS), to deal with the problem.
That was before I had seen the "slop" tank: 2,500 gallons of old diesel fuel, solvents and oil-based paints of varying toxicity that sat on the shore in a square container.
V = volume of slops in the tank in cubic meters.
It said it merely contained routine "slops" – the dirty water from tank washing.
If the tank really just held slops, why did APS raise its price?
Each time a ship of this sort unloads its cargo, the holds should be rinsed with caustic soda, leaving slops that collect in a special tank.
Then gas tank whistles while being filled until its about full thus preventing gas from slopping over.
§ 153.1128 Discharge of NLS residue from a cargo tank to the sea: Categories A. B, C, and D. § 153.1130 Failure of slops discharge recording equipment; operating with, reporting failures, and replacing pollution equipment: Category A, B, C, D. § 153.1132 Reporting spills and non-complying discharges: Category A, B, C, and D. Source: CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7785, Mar. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
