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Cargo Hold Bilge & Stripping

Cargo Stripping Pump

On a dry bulk carrier this pump drains the bilge wells at the bottom of each cargo hold, clearing rainwater, wash water and condensation so cargo never stands in it, a different job entirely from a tanker's liquid-cargo stripping pump.

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Despite sharing a name with the tanker cargo stripping pump, this unit does a different job: on a dry bulk carrier it drains the bilge wells at the bottom of each cargo hold, removing rainwater, hold-washing water, condensation and any minor leakage that collects there so cargo is never left standing in it. It handles dirty water with cargo residue, rust scale and grain dust in suspension, not a valuable liquid product, and it is not subject to the MARPOL Annex II retention rules a tanker stripping pump has to…

What makes this type different from a tanker stripping pump

Despite sharing a name with the tanker cargo stripping pump, this unit does a different job: on a dry bulk carrier it drains the bilge wells at the bottom of each cargo hold, removing rainwater, hold-washing water, condensation and any minor leakage that collects there so cargo is never left standing in it. It handles dirty water with cargo residue, rust scale and grain dust in suspension, not a valuable liquid product, and it is not subject to the MARPOL Annex II retention rules a tanker stripping pump has to meet.

Cargo hold bilge and stripping pump arrangement
Side schematic of a bulk carrier cargo hold showing the bilge well at the tank top margin, the strainer, the bilge suction line running to the pump and discharge overboard through the bilge system.

Main components

Bilge well and strum box

Each hold has one or more recessed bilge wells with a strum box, a strainer, fitted over the suction to keep cargo fines, dunnage and packaging out of the pump.

Pump unit

Usually a self-priming centrifugal or a small screw pump located in the pump room or engine room, drawing through a dedicated bilge line separate from the engine room bilge system, often via an oily-water separator interlock before overboard discharge.

Non-return and isolating valves

Screw-down non-return valves at each hold branch prevent water finding its way back into a hold, and stop cross-flooding between holds, when only one hold is being stripped.

Selection and sizing

Sizing follows the expected inflow - mainly rainfall during hold ventilation and hatch operations, plus wash water volumes if the hold is fitted for cargo hold washing - rather than any cargo throughput figure. Strainer mesh size is chosen against the dustiest cargo the ship regularly carries, since a mesh too fine simply blocks and a mesh too coarse lets fines through to foul the pump.

Typical faults

  • Blocked strum box - grain dust, coal fines or ore residue cakes the strainer, and the bilge alarm in the hold triggers before anyone realises the pump has been running dry against a blocked suction.
  • Non-return valve failure - a stuck-open valve lets water migrate between holds during stripping, which on a ship carrying different cargo grades in adjacent holds becomes a contamination claim.
  • Oily-water separator interlock trip - if the hold bilge line runs through an OWS interlock and the separator alarms, the stripping pump is locked out even though the hold water itself may be clean.
  • High-level bilge alarm not cleared by pumping - often a sensor fouled by cargo dust rather than an actual pump fault, easily misdiagnosed as a pump failure during a survey.

What to look for in a supplier

  • Strainer and strum box design suited to the vessel's typical cargo mix, not a generic bilge strainer.
  • Pump materials resistant to the abrasive fines common in bulk cargo bilge water.
  • Confirmed compatibility with the vessel's existing OWS interlock and hold bilge alarm wiring.

Before condemning a hold stripping pump as faulty, pull and clean the strum box first - a blocked strainer looks exactly like pump failure on the bilge alarm panel.

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