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Cheap substitute refrigerant could have led to reefer explosions

Posted on: Friday 11th of November 2011 9:51 By: Pieterjan Brands , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

The Consultants of Cambridge Refrigeration Technology think that a counterfeit refrigerant containing methyl chloride is the most likely cause of the explosions in reefer containers. The material recovered from the exploded units had been analysed and evidence pointed to a counterfeit...

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Alarm sounded over explosive reefers

Posted on: Friday 4th of November 2011 12:19 By: Pieterjan Brands , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

At least 900 reefers (refrigerated containers) have been identified and quarantined at locations and ports around the world after a series of mysterious explosions. There are reports of reefers exploding in China and Brazil. This has already resulted in three fatalities. The reefers may contain...

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BMT De Beer's Consolidated Reefer Manuals

Posted on: Tuesday 29th of March 2011 12:16 By: Harm de Haan , BMT De Beer b.v.

After a career at sea, Harm de Haan started working as marine/cargo surveyor in 1974 and became partner of P. de Beer & Co b.v. (in 1980) and later director of BMT de Beer b.v., Rotterdam (2002). His specialisation is the transport of perishable cargo. Over more than 35 years, he has been...

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Sample taking of liquid cargoes

Posted on: Thursday 4th of June 2009 11:29 By: Jeroen Ebbeling , RaetsMarine Insurance B.V.

By reason of the wide variety of liquid cargoes that are carried and the vastly different types of ships involved, it will be appreciated that the subject of sampling is a very wide one. Many tanker owners have issued instructions to their Masters to sample each type of cargo at the ship’s...

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