1381. Your ship has loaded 8,000 barrels of gasoline at a cargo temperature of 85? F, departing Aruba bound for New Jersey. API gravity is 55?. The volume correction factor (VCF) is .0006. How many gallons would you expect to unload if the cargo temperature is 50? F at the discharge port?

The correct answer is 328944 gallons, calculated by applying the thermal contraction factor to the initial volume of gasoline (8,000 barrels x 42 gallons/barrel). The volume correction factor of 0.0006 results in a 2.1% decrease in volume due to the 35F temperature drop from 85F to 50F, yielding a final discharge volume of 328944 gallons.