For anyone who cleans ships and platforms
"On a ship, the wrong cleaning product can start a fire. This free guide tells you exactly which product is safe where"
For ships and platforms, in plain language: which product to use safely in the confined space, on deck and in the engine room, and how to avoid trouble at the survey.
(This is what we have known in our own lab for years)
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CLEANLINE INDUSTRIESSame space, different chemical
Left: build-up ordinary chemicals leave behind. Right: the same wall, ready for the survey.
Why a clean spot can still be dangerous (and nobody sees it)
You have degreased. The greasy spot is gone. Good work.
But the product that did it gave off vapour. In a confined space that vapour does not sink away. It keeps hanging low above the floor. Right where you are standing.
And there only one spark is needed. So faster clean is not always safer clean.
Then there is the salt. The space looked clean, but a thin layer stayed on the wall. Nothing bonds to that anymore. The survey fails it. Redo it. And the days you did not have, you have lost.
This is only zone 1 of 6. Below you can see where else it goes wrong, and how you stay ahead of it.
Not sure yet which product you need?
Tell us what you clean and what is on it. Our specialist looks at it with you and sends a sample with dosing advice.
What is in it for you?
Safe in the right zone
You choose the product on the zone, not on habit. No flammable vapour added in a confined space.
No failed survey
Rinse off against salt and the right product. The space comes clean through the survey and is released.
Less rust
Salt that you rinse away cannot rust. That spares your steel, your deck and your installations.
Less downtime
The right chemistry is ready. No ship or platform waiting on a back order.
The 6 zones: each zone decides for itself which product is safe in it
Everyone grabs the product that dissolves fastest. But in a tight space the vapour weighs heavier than the minutes you gain. The soiling does not decide alone. The space decides too. Usually you start water-based, because that gives off no flammable vapour. You only deviate when the soiling truly calls for it.
We make cleaning products for industry, in our own lab. There we see the same thing every week: a survey fails and spaces are made needlessly dangerous in the same six spots. Those six are now in a free guide. In plain words. Per zone it says: which product may go in, why, and how you pass the survey.
Inside the guide you will find:
- Zone 1, the confined space: why that vapour keeps hanging low, and which product does not even make that vapour.
- Zone 2, the tank: why a thin layer of salt makes it fail. And how to prevent that with fresh water.
- Zone 3, the hot engine room: what to watch for with the product, so nothing can ignite.
- Zone 4, the deck: the wash that really keeps rust streaks away instead of seeing them back tomorrow.
- Zone 5, the label: how to see in one glance whether a product may enter the space where one spark is enough.
- Zone 6, the supply: which jerry cans you want on board before the ship leaves.
What the people who tried it say
Our customers are shipping companies, yards and offshore services. We keep their company names private, that is part of doing business. You may read their words.
“In the pump room we always grabbed the strong degreaser. Heavy smell, kept hanging low. Now we start water-based. A lot calmer down there.”
“The tank failed on a salt film I could not even see with the eye. Since we rinse off with fresh water, the coating bonds in one go. Saves me a second wash round.”
“They did not show up with folders. They asked: what is your soiling, which space, send the sheet along. Two weeks later there was a sample that simply fit.”
“Always rinsed the deck with seawater, free after all. Until I saw the rust streaks come back. Now we rinse off with fresh water. The steel stays sound longer.”
“At a remote berth we sat without the right product. Next time they set it ready in advance, matched to our space. No more ship left waiting.”
“I was sceptical, another supplier. But the sample was truly made for our engine room. Worked better than the brand we had been stuck with for years.”
An honest letter from the our lab bench
Dear professional,
We are a Dutch factory. Our place smells of chemistry. We make cleaning products, every day, for years.
Every week people send us their soiling. Heavy fuel oil from an engine room. A salt film off a tank wall. Soot and caked grease from a confined space where one spark is enough. In our lab we work out which product dissolves it safely. That is our trade.
And in all those years we kept seeing the same thing. On board people choose the product on habit, not on the space. That is why a tank fails, or vapour keeps hanging where it should not. Not because the product is bad. Because nobody reads the space and the label together.
We always gave that knowledge away to customers. Now we put it in a free guide, for everyone on board.
Why free? Simple. We hope that after reading you think: if their free guide is this good, what would their product do? That is our whole business model. Now you know the motive, and you can read the guide in peace.
The Cleanline teamOur own factory and lab
Honest: our product is often not the cheapest per litre.
We are open about that. A jerry can from us sometimes costs more than the one you work with now.
But you do not pay per litre. You pay per job that holds up. A product that fits your space brings no danger with it and gets your tank through the inspection in one go.
Do the math. One failed tank means redoing it, and that is soon two days at the quay. What does one day of downtime cost your ship? Put that next to the few euros you save on the cheapest jerry can. Then you know what the lowest litre price really costs.
That is why we let you test for free first. Your own numbers convince better than we do.
How one customer did it
A technical service passed a tank inspection in one go
A technical service always cleaned a tank with the same solvent-based product. It smelled strong and the inspection failed once. They switched over: first determine the zone, then a water-based product, and rinse off with fresh water against the salt. Do the math: one failed tank means redoing it, and that is soon two days at the quay. Those days carry through the whole schedule.
“We always grabbed the same can, it worked anyway. Until the inspection failed. Now we look at the zone first. Since then no more hassle at the survey.”
This is what you get today. All free.
The guide: safe cleaning on board and offshore (PDF)
€ 97
Bonus: checklist per zone for spaces, tanks and decks
€ 39
Bonus: free test sample, made for your situation
€ 149
Worth € 285 together
Today: € 0
Honestly: we are a factory, not a call centre. Our lab people make every test sample themselves, matched to your zone and your soiling. That is why we only do a few per month. Full is full.
Our guarantee, in black and white
Do you test our product? Does it not fit your zone safely, or does your tank not pass the inspection because of it? Then we make a new formula free of charge. For as long as it takes to get it right.
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Questions we hear a lot
No. A liquid product does not carry an ATEX mark the way equipment does. What counts is the flash point and the vapour that is released. The guide explains what you do watch for instead.
It may have. But habit does not read the zone. A trusted product can have a flash point that does not fit the zone. In the guide you see how to check that on the safety data sheet in a minute.
Often it does. But in a confined space the vapour keeps hanging, and there the zone weighs heavier than the minutes gained. The guide shows when dissolving faster is not worth the risk.
Yes, if you have to keep spaces, tanks, decks or an engine room clean. The guide is for the people who run the cleaning on board: technical service, safety, ship management and purchasing.
Nothing, and no. The guide and the test sample are free. You are not tied to anything. You read, you test what you want, and you decide. We only earn once you become a customer later.
P.S. Still in doubt? Reading the guide costs you 15 minutes. One failed tank costs you days at the quay, and those days you never get back.
P.P.S. You get the guide straight in your inbox. No follow-up calls. We deliver to businesses, so we only ask for your email and your company name.
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