Load on Top (LOT)
Load on Top (LOT) : Is defined as both a procedure and a practice. Procedure: Load on top is the shipboard procedure of collecting and settling water and oil mixtures, resulting from ballasting and tank cleaning operations (usually in a special slop tank or tanks), and subsequently loading cargo on top of and pumping the mixture ashore at the discharge port. Practice: Load on top is the act of commingling on-board quantity with cargo being loaded
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