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Tanker (ship), the Glossary

A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk.^[1]

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Tankers

Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

Amoco Cadiz

Amoco Cadiz was a VLCC (very large crude carrier) owned by Amoco Transport Corp and transporting crude oil for Shell Oil.

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Bitumen

Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum.

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Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Cargo

In transportation, freight refers to goods conveyed by land, water or air, while cargo refers specifically to freight when conveyed via water or air.

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Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Tanker (ship) and cargo ship are ship types.

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Chemical substance

A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

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Chemical tanker

A chemical tanker is a type of tanker ship designed to transport chemicals in bulk. Tanker (ship) and chemical tanker are ship types.

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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Citrus

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae.

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Deadweight tonnage

Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Exxon Valdez

Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea.

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Flag of convenience (FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state.

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Flag state

The flag state of a merchant vessel is the jurisdiction under whose laws the vessel is registered or licensed, and is deemed the nationality of the vessel.

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Free surface effect

The free surface effect is a mechanism which can cause a watercraft to become unstable and capsize.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.

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Gas carrier

A gas carrier, gas tanker, LPG carrier, or LPG tanker is a ship designed to transport LPG, LNG, CNG, or liquefied chemical gases in bulk. Tanker (ship) and gas carrier are ship types.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Guinness

Guinness is a stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in the 18th century.

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Heavy crude oil

Heavy crude oil (or extra heavy crude oil) is highly viscous oil that cannot easily flow from production wells under normal reservoir conditions.

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History of the oil tanker

The history of the oil tanker is part of the evolution of the technology of oil transportation alongside the oil industry.

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Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Hydrogen tanker

A hydrogen tanker or liquid hydrogen tanker is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied hydrogen. Tanker (ship) and hydrogen tanker are ship types.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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Liquefied petroleum gas

Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, ''n''-butane and isobutane.

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Liquid

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure.

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List of gas carriers

This list of gas carrier ships includes LPG carriers and LNG carriers. Tanker (ship) and list of gas carriers are tankers.

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List of tankers

This is a list of tankers. Tanker (ship) and list of tankers are tankers.

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LNG carrier

An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). Tanker (ship) and LNG carrier are ship types and tankers.

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Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands (Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Military Sealift Command

The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy.

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Molasses

Molasses is a viscous byproduct, principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar.

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MV Erika

The MV Erika (formerly Shinsei Maru, Glory Ocean, Intermar Prosperity, South Energy, Jahre Energy, Prime Nobel and Nobel) was a tanker built in 1975 and last chartered by Total-Fina-Elf.

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Oil spill

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.

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Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. Tanker (ship) and oil tanker are ship types and tankers.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Petroleum industry

The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.

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Pipeline

A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption.

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Prestige oil spill

The Prestige oil spill occurred off the coast of Galicia, Spain in November 2002, caused by the sinking of the 26-year-old, structurally deficient oil tanker, carrying 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Replenishment oiler

A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea. Tanker (ship) and replenishment oiler are ship types.

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Seawise Giant

The TT Seawise Giant—earlier Oppama; later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, and Mont—was a ULCC supertanker and the longest self-propelled ship in history, built in 1974–1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Shell plc

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Ship

A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Strait

A strait is a landform connecting two seas or two water basins.

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Styrene

Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH.

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T1 tanker

The T1 tanker or T1 are a class of sea worthy small tanker ships used to transport fuel oil before and during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. Tanker (ship) and t1 tanker are ship types.

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T2 tanker

The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Tanker (ship) and t2 tanker are ship types.

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T3 tanker

The T3 tanker, or T3, are a class of seaworthy large tanker ships produced in the United States and used to transport fuel oil, gasoline or diesel before and during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Tanker (ship) and t3 tanker are ship types.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_(ship)

Also known as Gasoline Tanker, Liquid bulk, Tank ship, Tanker ship, Tanker vessel, Tankship.

, Shell plc, Ship, Singapore, Strait, Styrene, T1 tanker, T2 tanker, T3 tanker, The Bahamas, Tonnage, Tonne, Tun (unit), United States Maritime Administration, Vapor pressure, Wax, William Davies (master mariner), Wine.

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