🔍 Key Concepts

• Cargo damage terminology in tanker and hazardous materials operations • Effects of fumes or vapors versus direct contact with liquid cargo • Difference between general contamination and cargo being affected only in smell/taste/quality

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: if cargo is harmed only by exposure to fumes or vapors from another substance, what kind of damage is that considered in cargo-handling terminology? • Consider which option refers specifically to a resulting condition of the cargo rather than a chemical process happening to the source substance. • Think about which term is commonly used when an otherwise sound cargo becomes unacceptable to buyers because of odor or flavor picked up from nearby cargo.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which term is used in cargo-handling references for damage from odors, fumes, or vapors affecting nearby cargo. • Eliminate choices that describe a process affecting the source substance itself (like turning to gas or reacting with oxygen) rather than the damage to another cargo. • Check which term buyers and surveyors would use when rejecting food cargo because it smells or tastes like a nearby chemical or fuel.