Sea-Tank Terminal: Safe storage tanks
Arizo is a partner for numerous companies in the Port of Antwerp. At Sea-Tank Terminal, our accredited gas experts play a crucial role in safety protocols.
Sea-Tank Terminal specialises in the storage and handling of liquid products and provides services to the petrochemical and related sectors. The company is well aware of the dangers posed by enclosed spaces such as storage tanks where high concentrations of harmful gases can accumulate.
This entails a dual risk. Elewout De Troyer of Sea-Tank Terminal: “The worker who enters the tank runs a high risk, but there is also a potential fire hazard if work is carried out inside the tank.”
The accredited gas experts or marine chemists of Arizo make sure that business activities in the port are carried out with due care and in compliance with the relevant legal regulations.
When conducting risk assessments, marine chemists also take air samples from cargoes with unknown or poorly understood risks. These samples are analysed in Arizo’s in-house laboratory appropriate safety standards are established to guide the tank watchman or fire watchman.
The specific risks in the petrochemical industry require that safety always takes overriding priority to keep risks to a minimum. This is also the case at Sea-Tank Terminal. “We want to make sure that everyone who is here returns home safely at the end of the day,” concludes Elewout De Troyer.
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