A device is provided for impeding the spillage of a liquid cargo from a damaged hull of a water traveling vessel, which consists of a protective layer placed against an inner surface of the hull and a flexible inner placed between the protective layer and the liquid cargo, so that if the hull is punctured, the protective layer will hold the flexible liner and the liquid cargo in place.

A shock absorbing cushioning mat designed to protect the compartment liner of a liquid or oil carrying sea going vessel from tear or puncture by steel from the vessel's structure being forced inward by the external pressure created by grounding or collision of a bulk liquid carrying sea going vessel, while providing a firm yet flexible foundation for the compartment liner to eliminate or greatly reduce the potential for spillage of the cargo. The present invention also addresses the problem of compartment liner fasteners coming apart due to the continued motion of a sea going bulk liquid carrying vessel graveling across a body of water.

An emergency bulk liquid cargo handling system for marine vessels when storage tanks for those liquids have been ruptured and flooded with sea water wherein the liquid cargo handling system is adjustable to provide liquid cargo removal from the flooded tanks regardless of the level of the liquid cargo/water interface in the flooded tank.

An emergency bulk liquid handling system for tankvessels suffering damage which incapacitates their primary liquid cargo system wherein valving in the normal cargo loading drop lines, deck headers and tank walls combined with means to prime the deck headers and drop lines provides a backup cargo offloading path which bypasses the damaged system and allows movement/offloading of liquid cargo despite the otherwise incapacitating damage.

A pump aggregate is mounted within a bell shape housing member along with a hoisting winch which permits the lowering of the pump aggregate into a hatch of a cargo tank when a hatch cover has been removed. The housing member allows the passage of the pump aggregate into the hatch while maintaining the pressurized conditions of the hatch. A hose stump is disposed in folded manner within the housing member to unfold during lowering of the pump aggregate. The hose stump connects to a coupling on the top of the housing member. A pair of flexible hydraulic conduits which are connected to the pump aggregate also uncoil during lowering of the pump aggregate and, in turn, are connected to coupling arrangements on the housing member. A seal is provided about the open bottom of the housing member to seal against a tank to maintain the pressurized conditions.