Cabin Cleaning Equipment
Buckets Wringer Mop
Buckets Wringer Mop is a group of 1 IMPA-coded item (code 174280) under Cabin Cleaning Equipment in the Tableware & Galley Utensils section (IMPA 17). It is priced per piece.
Buying guide
A wringer mop bucket is a bucket with a press or roller on top that squeezes the mop out, so floors are wiped rather than flooded. The group is a single item, "wringer mop bucket", ordered by the piece with the cabin-cleaning equipment: mops, brooms, dustpans and the rest of the neighbouring groups.
On board it is used by the catering department and the stewards for the galley, mess rooms, alleyways, cabins and sanitary spaces. WHO guidance on ship catering expects a written cleaning programme that covers all parts of the food areas and includes the cleaning of the cleaning equipment itself, so the bucket is part of that routine, not an afterthought.[1]
How to specify it
Say how many buckets and for which spaces. WHO suggests a written cleaning programme can name the areas to be cleaned and the cleaning materials and equipment to be used for each. If the ship keeps separate equipment for the galley and for toilets, order one bucket per area and say so, so they are not mixed up on delivery.[1]
Ask the supplier for the bucket capacity and the wringer type, and whether the bucket has castors, so quotes compare like for like. Order mop heads that fit the wringer at the same time.
Rules and certificates
COSWP, galley work: keep decks and gratings clear of grease and anything else on the floor to avoid slipping, and clean up any spillage at once. It also asks for spillages of oil, chemicals, grease or soapy water elsewhere on board to be cleaned up as soon as practicable.[2]
COSWP warns that some cleaning substances contain bleach (sodium hypochlorite) or caustic soda, and some disinfectants contain phenol. These can burn the skin and are poisonous if swallowed, and must not be mixed or used above the recommended strength. Store them in a locker away from food-handling areas.[2]
During an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, WHO guidance asks for hard surfaces to be washed with detergent and hot water using disposable cloths, then disinfected. Non-disposable mop heads and cloths are laundered as contaminated linen in hot water.[1]
Questions buyers ask
- Can the same mop bucket be used in the galley and the toilets?
- Better not. WHO guidance has the cleaning programme name the equipment for each area, and keeping galley and sanitary equipment apart is the simple way to avoid carrying contamination into food areas.
- How should mop heads be cleaned after an outbreak on board?
- WHO guidance: launder non-disposable mop heads and cleaning cloths as contaminated linen, using hot water.
Sources
Published by Sherif Awad, founder of GeoMarineHub — in ship supply since 1990, a family business since 1981 (45 years). Last checked .
At a glance
Part of Tableware & Galley Utensils (IMPA section 17): Plates, cups, cutlery, cookware, knives, ovenware and the tools of a working galley.
It is one of 10 groups under Cabin Cleaning Equipment; the others include Brushes Toilet, Hand Snaps, Mops Sponge, Mops Spring Clamp, Pipe Cleaners Snake Wire and 4 more.
Post the ones you need as a requirement and verified suppliers activated at your port bid on them — sealed, so nobody sees another bid.
- Items
- 1
- IMPA codes
- 174280
- Priced
- per piece
Items
| IMPA | Item | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 174280 | WRINGER MOP BUCKET | PCS |
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