A heating cargo is solidified by several reasons during carriage. This study is to analyse a cargo accident which 811,202 US barrels of Nile Blend crude oil reamined solid In the tanks after discharge. There are some possibilities that low temperature of Beading cargo below cloud point and wax appearance temperature at loading time, heating interruption during voyage or discharging, and prohibition of crude oil washing during discharging might influence the cargo solidified. But we concluded that the defect of heating system would most affect the heating cargo solidified locally, and which blocked drain hole of bottom transverse and web frame and they obstruct flow of heating cargo in the tanks.

1978년 7월 1일부로 발효된 국제안전관리규약에 해당되는 선박과 회사는 안전관리시스템을 구축하고, 실행하고, 유지하여야 한다. 그러나 아직까지는 이 제도가 정착되지 못한 실정이다. 이 논문은 현행 안전관리시스템상의 문제점을 도출하고 그 개선방안을 제시하고자 한다.