Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed 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 refined products from refineries to points near consuming markets.

Oil tankers are often classified by their size as well as their occupation. The size classes range from inland or coastal tankers of a few thousand metric tons of deadweight (DWT) to the mammoth ultra large crude carriers (ULCCs) of 550,000 DWT. Tankers move approximately 2,000,000,000 metric tons (2.2×109 short tons) of oil every year. Second only to pipelines in terms of efficiency, the average cost of oil transport by tanker amounts to only two or three United States cents per 1 US gallon (3.8 L).

Some specialized types of oil tankers have evolved. One of these is the naval replenishment oiler, a tanker which can fuel a moving vessel. Combination ore-bulk-oil carriers and permanently moored floating storage units are two other variations on the standard oil tanker design. Oil tankers have been involved in a number of damaging and high-profile oil spills. As a result, they are subject to stringent design and operational regulations.

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One missing after oil tanker-cargo ship collision in North Sea

Xinhua 11 Mar 2025
LONDON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- One crew member is still unaccounted for and the search has been called off after an oil tanker and a cargo vessel collided in the North Sea, British media reported on Monday.
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Oil tanker, cargo ship collide in North Sea

China Daily 11 Mar 2025
LONDON -- An oil tanker has collided with a cargo vessel in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire, British media reported on Monday ... The tanker involved in the incident is believed to be the ...
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Over 30 casualties reported after oil tanker, cargo ship collision in North Sea

China.dot.org 11 Mar 2025
More than 30 casualties have been brought ashore following the collision between an oil tanker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea, British media reported on Monday ... The tanker involved in the incident ...
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One Person Missing After Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North Sea

The Berkshire Eagle 11 Mar 2025
LONDON -- One crew member from a container ship was missing after the vessel collided with a U.S.-flagged oil tanker off the northeastern coast of England on Monday, causing multiple explosions and forcing the crews of both ships to abandon ....
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Could ship that hit US tanker have been hacked? White House refuses to rule out ...

The Daily Mail 11 Mar 2025
A Portuguese-flagged cargo ship carrying cyanide smashed into a US military oil tanker causing a 'massive fireball' off the Yorkshire coast ... Oil tanker that burst into flames after being hit by cargo ship was carrying 142,000 barrels of fuel.
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Search called off for missing crew member after north sea collision

The News International 11 Mar 2025
Smoke and flames rise from a collision between oil tanker and a cargo ship off the northeastern coast of England in this picture obtained by Reuters on March 10, 2025.
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IOPC Funds Not Relevant to Stena Immaculate Collision

MarineLink 11 Mar 2025
... jet fuel, which is a non-persistent oil ... The IOPC Funds provide financial compensation for oil pollution damage that occurs in Member States resulting from spills of persistent oil from tankers.
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Fuel tanker, cargo ship collide and catch fire in North Sea off Britain, crew rescued

Penn Live 11 Mar 2025
The U.S.-flagged chemical and oil products tanker MV Stena Immaculate was at anchor near the port of Grimsby on Monday morning after sailing from Greece, according to ship-tracking site VesselFinder.
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Tanker collision off UK coast spills fuel, ignites blazes

Gulf News 11 Mar 2025
A cargo ship crashed into an oil tanker off the UK’s east coast, causing fires, a jet-fuel spill, and leaving one person missing in one of the most significant maritime disasters near the country in many years. .
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Oil tanker and cargo ship collide, causing fiery explosion

CBS News 11 Mar 2025
A Portuguese cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide hit a U.S. tanker loaded with military jet fuel off the coast of England, triggering multiple explosions, setting both vessels on fire and sending fuel pouring into the water. Ian Lee has more ... .
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What impact will the oil tanker explosion have on the environment?

Metro UK 11 Mar 2025
The collision happened this morning at around 10am ....
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Tanker hired by US military ablaze off UK after hit by container ship

Korea Times 11 Mar 2025
A Greenpeace spokesperson said any impact would depend on factors including the amount and type of oil carried by the tanker, the fuel carried by both ships, and how much of that, if any, had entered the water, plus the weather conditions.
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Container ship hits US military fuel tanker off UK coast

Dawn 11 Mar 2025
“The magnitude of any impact will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and type of oil carried by the tanker, the fuel carried by both ships, and how much of that, if any, has entered the water.
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Cargo ship hits a tanker in fiery crash off England

The Hill 11 Mar 2025
The tanker, named the MV Stena Immaculate, which carries oil and chemicals and features the U.S.’s flag, had been close to the port of Grimsby and at anchor early Monday, the Associated Press reported.
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