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The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) is a membership association for owners of independent tankers throughout the world. The Association was formed in its present guise in Oslo in 1970 to speak out for those independent tanker owners, i.e. non-oil companies and non-state controlled tanker owners, for the safe shipping of oil and chemicals and to act as a ...
Ol-class large fleet tanker (1965) Olmeda; Olna; Olwen; Tide (I)-class fleet replenishment tanker (1963) Tidespring; Tidepool; Leaf-class support tanker, Blythswood Shipbuilding Company type (1960) Pearleaf; Leaf-class support tanker, Blyth Drydock & Engineering Company type (1960) Plumleaf; Leaf-class support tanker, Furness Shipbuilding ...
The five T5 Champion-class tankers have double hulls and are ice-strengthened for protection against damage during missions in extreme climates. They were built by the American Ship Building Company of Tampa, Fla., for Ocean Product Tankers of Houston, Texas, for long-term time charter to MSC, and entered service in 1985-87.
The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico , and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.
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MT Petali is an Aframax crude oil tanker.Formerly known as Mastera for almost two decades and briefly as Mikines in early 2022 and Alma until September 2023, she and her sister ship Tempera were the first ships to utilize the double acting tanker (DAT) concept in which the vessel is designed to travel ahead in open water and astern in severe ice conditions.
The oil tanker Chiwawa became the bulk freighter MV Lee A. Tregurtha [14] In addition, the freighter Outer Island was originally commissioned as LCT-203 for use as a tank landing craft during World War II. [15] In the mid-20th century, 300 lakers worked the lakes, but by the early 21st century, there were fewer than 140 active. [16]
A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker (or petroleum tanker), the chemical tanker, cargo ships, and a gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, molasses and wine.