>Amazing to be where thousands of tons of oil had been in living memory. On chemical tankers each cargo compartment is "thoroughly" cleaned before accepting it

>Amazing to be where thousands of tons of oil had been in living memory. On chemical tankers each cargo compartment is "thoroughly" cleaned before accepting its next parcel, and after cleaning somebody goes down the hatch into the dark hold with their explosion-proof flashlight all the way to the bottom to walk around and check it out. Living memory in this case can be hours to days. Year 'round, port after port on a 24/7 basis. And it can be a couple dozen tanks per ship. When you go all around the inside, plus see the condition of the piping, deck, offices, mess, and things like that it all adds up to a fine line between vessels ready for the scrap heap versus ones you know are going to have many voyages ahead of them. For these depreciating assets after they are fully depreciated.