Oil tanker

The commercial oil tanker AbQaiq

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship made for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move petrochemicals from refineries to points near consuming markets.

Oil Tanker Media

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  Falls of Clyde is the oldest surviving American tanker and the world's only surviving sail-driven oil tanker.

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  Zoroaster, the world's first tanker, delivered to the Nobel brothers in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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  Glückauf grounded in heavy fog at Blue Point Beach on Fire Island.

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  A Royal Dutch Petroleum dock in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)

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  Knock Nevis, ex Seawise Giant rivaled some of the world's largest buildings in size

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  Hellespont Alhambra (now TI Asia), a ULCC TI-class supertanker, which are the largest ocean-going oil tankers in the world

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  Tatiana B and Florence B, two bunkering tankers

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  Knock Nevis (1979–2010), a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built.

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  Amyntas, a brand new ULCC inaugurated in February 2019 berthing at Donges / Saint-Nazaire (France).

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  Tankers may carry unusual cargoes – such as grain – on their final trip to the scrapyard.

Bibliography

• Central Intelligence Agency (2007). CIA World Factbook 2008. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1602390805. Archived from the original on 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
• Det Norske Veritas (2008). "Knock Nevis". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
• Devanney, Jack (2006). The Tankship Tromedy: The Impending Disasters in Tankers (PDF). Tavernier, FL: The CTX Press. ISBN 0-9776479-0-0.
• Douet, M (July 1999). "Combined Ships: An Empirical Investigation About Versatility". Maritime Policy and Management. Taylor and Francis, Ltd. 26 (3): 231–248. doi:10.1080/030888399286862. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
• Encyclopædia Britannica (1911). "Petroleum". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th) 21. Ed. Chisholm, Hugh. 316–322. 
• Encyclopædia Britannica (1911). "Ship". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th) 24. Ed. Chisholm, Hugh. 881–889. 
• European Commission / European Maritime Safety Agency (2005). Double Hull Tankers: High Level Panel of Experts Report.

Further reading

• Spyrou, Andrew G. (February 2006). From T-2 to Supertanker: Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940-2000. [United States]: iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-36068-8.
• Sullivan, George (1978). Supertanker!: The Story of the World's Biggest Ships. New York: Dodd Mead. ISBN 0-396-07527-4.
• Stopford, Martin (1997). Maritime economics. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-15309-3.

Other websites

• Bill Willis. Supertankers
• Intertanko - the society of International Tanker Operators
• The International Maritime Organization Archived 2009-07-07 at the Portuguese Web Archive - Tanker Safety (for double-hulls)
• [1] - Ship photos of tankers, ULCCs, VLCCs, barges