A system for offloading LCO 2 cargo from an LCO 2 carrier ship to an intermediate LCO 2 storage tank at an LCO 2 receiving terminal, which system avoids cross-contamination of cargo from one LCO 2 carrier ship to another, said system comprising: - an intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - an LCO 2 cargo import conduit (1, 10) connected to the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to receive an LCO 2 cargo import stream from the LCO 2 carrier ship; - a CO 2 vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) configured to be connected to the LCO 2 carrier ship and to return from the system CO 2 vapour to the LCO 2 carrier ship; - an LCO 2 main outlet from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to discharging LCO 2 from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; characterized in additionally comprising, - an LCO 2 slip stream conduit connected to the LCO 2 cargo import conduit configured to withdrawing a slip stream of LCO 2 from the LCO 2 cargo import conduit; - a pressure let-down valve connected to the LCO 2 slip stream conduit configured to receiving the slip stream of LCO 2 having a first temperature, and to exiting an at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having a second lower temperature; - a partly vaporised stream conduit connected to the pressure let-down valve configured to receiving the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having a second lower temperature; - a withdrawn LCO 2 stream conduit connected to the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to discharging a stream of LCO 2 from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - a first heat exchanger (B") connected to the partly vaporised stream conduit and to the withdrawn LCO 2 stream conduit, respectively, said heat exchanger being configured to receiving the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature, to receiving the LCO 2 stream withdrawn from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank, to transferring heat from the LCO 2 stream to the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature, to exiting a cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream and to exiting an at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2, respectively; - re-spraying means configured to receiving the cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream and to respraying said cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream into the head space of intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - wherein the CO 2 vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is further configured to receiving CO 2 vapour resulting from the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature; and - a vapour return compressor arranged along the vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) configured to compressing the CO 2 vapour to be returned to the LCO 2 carrier ship. - an intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - an LCO 2 cargo import conduit (1, 10) connected to the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to receive an LCO 2 cargo import stream from the LCO 2 carrier ship; - a CO 2 vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) configured to be connected to the LCO 2 carrier ship and to return from the system CO 2 vapour to the LCO 2 carrier ship; - an LCO 2 main outlet from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to discharging LCO 2 from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; characterized in additionally comprising, - an LCO 2 slip stream conduit connected to the LCO 2 cargo import conduit configured to withdrawing a slip stream of LCO 2 from the LCO 2 cargo import conduit; - a pressure let-down valve connected to the LCO 2 slip stream conduit configured to receiving the slip stream of LCO 2 having a first temperature, and to exiting an at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having a second lower temperature; - a partly vaporised stream conduit connected to the pressure let-down valve configured to receiving the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having a second lower temperature; - a withdrawn LCO 2 stream conduit connected to the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank configured to discharging a stream of LCO 2 from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - a first heat exchanger (B") connected to the partly vaporised stream conduit and to the withdrawn LCO 2 stream conduit, respectively, said heat exchanger being configured to receiving the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature, to receiving the LCO 2 stream withdrawn from the intermediate LCO 2 storage tank, to transferring heat from the LCO 2 stream to the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature, to exiting a cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream and to exiting an at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2, respectively; - re-spraying means configured to receiving the cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream and to respraying said cooler withdrawn LCO 2 stream into the head space of intermediate LCO 2 storage tank; - wherein the CO 2 vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is further configured to receiving CO 2 vapour resulting from the at least partly vaporised stream of LCO 2 having the second lower temperature; and - a vapour return compressor arranged along the vapour return conduit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) configured to compressing the CO 2 vapour to be returned to the LCO 2 carrier ship.