U.S. TANKERS FREED FROM CORROSION

Abstract

Following a number of years of trial and experiment, two American chemical tankers, the S.S. Marine Chemist and S.S. Marine Dow‐Chem, chartered by the Dow Chemical Co., of Midland, Michigan, U.S.A., for carrying chemicals from the Dow Texas Division to the markets of the Atlantic seaboard, have been rendered virtually corrosion proof, both in respect of their hulls and tanks. The hulls and ballast tank interiors have been equipped with modernised cathodic devices while the chemical tanks and pipes have been specially lined. Both tankers are owned and operated by Marine Transport Lines Inc. So effective has been the protection afforded by the magnesium anodes with which the hulls have been equipped that cleaning and maintenance painting of the underwater areas have been practically eliminated.

Citation

Grindrod, J. (1957), "U.S. TANKERS FREED FROM CORROSION", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 4 No. 8, pp. 278-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb019367