| Offshore Cargo Carrying Unit
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A freight or service container with a maximum gross mass not exceeding 25,000 kg
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A portable unit for the repeated use in the transport of goods or equipment, handled in the open seas, to, from and between fixed and/or floating installations and ships
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Offshore cargo carrying units may be split into five general subtypes |
| Offshore Cargo Container |
A closed container with doors |
It is possible to have open-topped containers; as a general rule, if you are standing next to an open-topped unit and you are unable to see over the side, then it is a container. All units with roofs are containers, even if you can see over the top of them! |
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Offshore Cargo Basket |
An open-topped unit for general or special cargo |
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Special Units
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For example:
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1. Fitted with a tank for the transport of fluids (hazardous and/or non-hazardous)
2. Fitted for the transport of bulk solids
3. Garbage compactors
4. Gas cylinder racks
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Offshore Waste Skips
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Open-topped unit for waste
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Typically designed to be transported and emptied onshore using a standard skip truck
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OSCA Specific Units
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| 3100-OCC |
Offshore Cargo Container
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10' dry goods container; Dry goods container
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3200-OCC
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Offshore Cargo Container
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20' dry goods container
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3300-OCC
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Offshore Cargo Container |
A container c/w removable shelf for the transportation of chemicals and other goods that must be kept dry
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Minicontainer; mini mud container; mini mud chemical container
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| 3400-OCC |
Offshore Cargo Container
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A container c/w removable shelf for the transportation of chemicals and other goods that must be kept dry. The 3400-OCC can transport 2 x pallets containing 4 x 200l drums
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Minicontainer; mini mud container; mini mud chemical container |
7300-OWS
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Offshore Waste Skip |
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Skip; waste skip; boat skip; open-topped waste skip
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| 8000-OCB
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Offshore Cargo Basket
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May or may not be fitted with a removable side
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10' half height
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8300-OCB
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Offshore Cargo Basket
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A long narrow container for the transportation of downhole tools and other oilfield tubulars
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45' tool basket; tool basket
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| 8400-OCB |
Offshore Cargo Basket |
May or may not be fitted with a removable side |
20' half height |
| SDCB |
Small Drill Cuttings Box
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Transport of drilling waste from shale shaker to disposal point.
Drilling waste consists of rock cuttings and mud (drilling fluid) used in the drilling process.
SDCBs are normally used to transport cuttings produced when using oil-based mud (OBM).
OBM comes in three types:
Low-toxicity OBM (LTOBM)
Synthetic oil OBM (SOBM)
Pseudo-oil base mud (POBM) |
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| LDCB Service |
Large Drill Cuttings Box Service |
Transport of drilling waste from alongside the rig to disposal point. Drilling waste consists of rock cuttings and mud (drilling fluid) used in the drilling process.
LDCBs are filled using a dense-phase pneumatic conveying system. |
Note: the LDCB is not as Offshore Container, as it is never "...handled in open seas,to, from and between fixed and/or floating installations and ships.."
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