An item reported that the regulations
dealing with the cleaning of the holds of the Soviet barges and tankers active
in the Volga-Kaspian Regio were not changed. The process consisted of draining
the hold with pumps, than filling the hold with hold water followed by using
steam to clear away the remaining residues and then sending groups of woman
‘armed’ with rags into the holds for the final stage of cleaning. Mechanizing
the process seemed not ot be considered.
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