Marine & ship supply · Sohar, Duqm, Salalah, Muscat

Oman Chemical supplies marine chemicals for vessels calling at Sohar, Duqm, Salalah and Muscat: cargo tank and hold cleaners, engine-room descalers, carbon removers and degreasers, boiler and engine cooling water treatment, bilge cleaners, and deck and galley chemicals. Products carry RXSOL part numbers, MSDS are available on request, and ship chandlers and superintendents can order from our Barka warehouse.

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  • Trading since 1995
  • Warehouse in Barka
  • About 7,000 products
  • MSDS on request
Tanker sailing past the Omani coast near a port

Ship chemicals by job

A ship's chemical needs follow its cargo and its machinery. Bulk carriers clean holds between cargoes, tankers clean tanks to the next cargo's standard, and every vessel needs engine-room, water treatment and accommodation chemicals.

  1. Cargo hold cleaning

    Coal, petcoke, cement, clinker, fertiliser and salt residues must come off before the hold passes the next charterer's inspection.

    Chemical typesAlkaline hold cleaners and degreasers, acid-based cement and clinker removers, rust stain removers, and slip or barrier coatings applied before sticky cargoes.

  2. Cargo tank cleaning

    Oil, chemical and vegetable-oil residues and the smell they leave must be removed to the standard the next cargo needs.

    Chemical typesTank cleaners and emulsifiers, solvent-based cleaners for heavy residues such as bitumen, and wall-wash test kits to check the result.

  3. Engine room

    Carbon, oil and scale build up on injectors, turbocharger parts, coolers and heat exchangers.

    Chemical typesCarbon removers, descalers for coolers and heat exchangers, degreasers, electrical contact cleaners and ultrasonic cleaning fluids.

  4. Water treatment on board

    Boilers, diesel engine jacket water and fresh-water generators scale and corrode without treatment.

    Chemical typesBoiler treatment, nitrite-borate type engine cooling water inhibitors with nitrite test kits, and evaporator treatment.

  5. Bilge, deck and accommodation

    Oily bilges, salt-stained decks and busy galleys need daily cleaning without harming the oily water separator.

    Chemical typesQuick-break bilge cleaners that do not form stable emulsions, deck and glass cleaners, galley degreasers and laundry chemicals.

  6. Spill response and stores

    SOPEP lockers and deck stores need restocking at each port call.

    Chemical typesAbsorbents and oil-spill dispersants, demineralised water, battery water and silica gel desiccant for cargo and stores.

Marine chemicals buyers order most

Ordered by our own sales records: the products customers in Oman reorder most come first.

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Part numbers are RXSOL codes; quote them when you order. See this industry in the catalogue

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Marine chemicals: questions buyers ask

Can you supply chemicals to a vessel at Sohar, Duqm or Salalah?

Yes. Send the requisition with the vessel name, port and ETA. We quote from our Barka warehouse and arrange delivery for the port call, through your ship chandler or agent if you prefer.

What removes cement or clinker residue from cargo holds?

An acid-based cement remover dissolves the cement bond so the residue can be washed off. Apply it to a pre-wetted surface, keep contact time short, then rinse thoroughly with water so no acid is left on the steel.

How are cargo tanks checked after cleaning?

By a wall-wash test: a measured volume of solvent, usually methanol, or demineralised water is run over the tank wall, collected and tested for chlorides, hydrocarbons and colour against the next cargo's limits. We supply wall-wash test kits.

What is a quick-break bilge cleaner?

A bilge cleaner that lifts oil from surfaces but lets it separate from water again quickly, so the oily water separator can still do its job. Bilge cleaners that form stable emulsions can carry oil through the separator.

Do you supply engine cooling water treatment?

Yes. We supply nitrite-borate type inhibitors for diesel engine jacket water, nitrite test kits to keep the dose in range, and boiler treatment chemicals.

Do you provide MSDS for ship stores?

Yes. An MSDS is available on request for every product we supply. Quote the RXSOL part number on your requisition.

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