FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin When carrying coal, catalytic detectors can provide misleading readings if oxygen levels in the cargo hold fall too low, warns John Southam, Loss Prevention Director, Greece, in a recent article produced with input from Burgoynes. Bulk carriers commonly use one of two types of gas detector: catalytic bead detectors or infrared (IR) detectors. Catalytic detectors are often chosen on dry cargo vessels because they are generally cheaper, simpler to use and meet mandatory carriage requirements. RelatedNews WSC calls on governments to close battery cargo safety gap NorthStandard launches mental health framework to support seafarer wellbeing var jnews_module_21381846_0_6aa3d0f2e9615 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21381846","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"71,3586,477","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt"