Hazards associated with corrosive cargoes

-Corrosivity hazard. The fact that normal construction materials will

corrode at an excessive rate and so require the use of special
materials for the cargo tanks and pipelines and heating coils.
-Fire Hazard. The fact that when metals corrode, hydrogen may be
produced which forms a flammable mixture with air: that contact
with materials such as cloth and sawdust may cause the substance to
ignite: that some corrosive substances are in themselves
combustible.
-Health Hazard. The fact that corrosive liquids will damage a person's
skin, eyes and mucous membranes.

Hazards of electrostatic generation

Officers should be aware of the possibility of static generation when
low conductivity cargoes are handled and the need for reduced
loading rates at the initial stages of loading a tank.
You should also be aware of the need to allow a settling period after
loading and prior to sampling and ullaging and the need to earth
gauging and sampling equipment. There should also be recognition
that synthetic ropes should not be used on sampling or ullaging
equipment.

Hazards associated with handling nitrogen

Nitrogen is colourless and odourless with no warning properties and
can only be detected through the use of instruments. One deep
breath of nitrogen can prove fatal due to the nitrogen blocking the
carbon dioxide, which the body needs to regulate the breathing
process. Nitrogen can be used for blowing lines, cofferdams,
stripping operations, blanketing for quality reasons or in the use as
an inert gas medium.