2025
Advanced Marine Cleaning Solutions for Tough Contaminants
Stains left by carbon-heavy cargoes, and deterioration caused by caustic loads, are the bane of every dry bulk carrier owner and operator. These tough contaminants need tough action. Solutions in the past, usually involving soda flakes and lime washes, were only good enough. Today, we have far better, more advanced marine cleaning solutions. These make a real difference where it counts, turnaround times, repair and replacements costs, & your bottom line.
Advanced marine cleaning solutions
RBM HoldBlock®
Heavy-staining cargoes like green delayed petcoke and coal have the potential to eat up a lot of time, both in preparation before loading and during clean-up. Unfortunately, this isn’t an area where it’s wise to take short cuts. It saves no time to skip a cargo hold cleaning opportunity with the intent to make it up later because each round of staining compounds on itself. It becomes increasingly harder, thus takes longer, for crews to remove.
Similarly problematic are caustic cargoes like sulphur, salt and fertilisers. They cause lasting damage to ships because chemical reactions eat away at the metal. Repair and replacement costs rise exponentially and really sink your profits.
The application of a marine barrier is the best way to deal with these issues. However, Instead of wasting time and money with old-fashioned and not particularly effective solutions like lime wash, choose a current and proven alternative: RBM HoldBlock®
RBM HoldBlock creates a thin, flexible coating that sits between the cargo and the ship to protect the metal from stains and corrosive reactions. It’s fast and easy to apply. Plus it’s 18X more effective than lime wash. It’s environmentally friendly too.
RBM HoldWash-HD®
RBM HoldWash-HD® is the strongest, eco-friendly, cleaning solution on the market. It’s specially formulated to deal with petcokes, coals, sulphur, and our own HoldBlock. It works longer, penetrates more deeply, and simply cleans better, all while being easy to apply and non-harmful to the environment. What’s more, it’s easily diluted to be suitable for other cleaning jobs as well, so it’s the only one you need.
RBM BilgeCoat
Potentially corrosive cargoes like sulphur don’t just affect cargo holds. Bilge lines and wells are at risk too. We designed an advanced solution to neutralise acidic water and protect bilges better than caustic soda flakes can. Our solution is also safer and easier for crews to use. It’s eco-friendly as well.
Today’s marine cleaning solutions offer clear benefits over traditionally used products when tackling tough contaminants. They not only clean better and are safer to use, they afford better protection to the crew, the environment, your ships, and your bottom line.
RBM HoldSolution solutions are available worldwide. Ordering is easy! Call 1-604-531-8333 for more information.
