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Presentation TwoCase Study 2 – A Real Contamination• Attendance onboard the vessel indicated that vapour transfer via thevessel’s inert gas system of a gasoline cargo also carried on board was apotential source of contamination• Flash point testing performed in a joint analysis established that the gasoilcargo was on-specification for flash point in the load port shore tanks butoff-specification by the time the vessel arrived at the discharge port• Testing by GCMS allowed identification of more volatile, lower flashmaterial present in the gasoil• Reference to the specific ratios of certain components in the gasoil andthe gasoline indicated that the most probable cause of the contaminationwas by vapour transfer via the vessel’s inert gas systemwww.minton.co.uk38