The paper presents the influence of different liquid cargo properties on discharge rate of hydraulic submerged cargo pumps on modern product and chemical tankers is presented in the paper. Main parts of submerged cargo pumps and hydraulic drive system are described. Some examples of technical solutions of the described systems installed on board of the newly building constructed ship m/t ‘Helix’ are presented. The formula of use application of flow and drive characteristics of cargo pumps is given. These characteristics were made derived for a basic cargo (fresh water) for the case of the service of a real cargo of different viscosity and density.