In 2011, revisions to the regulations included the requirement that all bulk containers, including above ground storage tanks (ASTs), be inspected according to a “national industry standard.” This ...

A new robot for inspecting ballast water tanks on board ships is being developed. The robot is able to move independently along rails built into the tanks. At the moment, people still carry out such ...

The liquid-carrying tanks on tanker ships have to regularly be inspected for cracks – a task which is typically performed by humans. A new drone, however, is claimed to do the job much quicker and ...

BOSTON & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company, Square Robot, Inc. and Veritank, Inc., have collaborated to successfully deploy an ...

Improved ultrasonic (UT) inspection methods address storage tank integrity monitoring and assessment without removing tanks from service. By acquiring large amounts of high-density UT data and ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) now is scrutinizing tank-cleaning operations across 11 states in an effort to make the job safer for workers in the ...

As the maritime world increasingly turns to unmanned and autonomous systems to carry out difficult and dangerous work, one drone innovator has received certification from a leading classification ...

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – There are more than 3,000 underground storage tanks — most of which hold petroleum beneath gas stations — scattered throughout New Mexico. Yet because of the pandemic and staffing ...