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  2. Oil tanker - Wikipedia

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    Tank ship: Tonnage: up to 550,000 ... compared to Standard Oil's four case-oil steamers and 16 sailing tankers. ... the tanker is the most cost-effective way to move ...

  3. Worldscale - Wikipedia

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    Worldscale was established in November 1952 by London Tanker Brokers' Panel on the request of British Petroleum and Shell as an average total cost of shipping oil from one port to another by ship. A large table was created as result. The same scale is used today, although it was merged with the American Tanker Rate Schedule (ATRS) in 1969.

  4. TI-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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    Compared to the TI class, the Maersk Triple E class container ships are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above-deck containers. The previous largest ship, the supertanker Seawise Giant , was dismantled in 2010.

  5. Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

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    The ship was renamed Happy Giant, in line with Norman International’s tradition of naming tankers with the prefix «Happy» and bulkers with the prefix «Norman». [4] She re-entered service in October 1991. [19] Jørgen Jahre bought the tanker in 1991 for US$39 million and renamed her Jahre Viking.

  6. Container ship - Wikipedia

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    Compared to today's largest container ships, Maersk Line's 15,200 TEU Emma Mærsk-type series, a 20,000 TEU container ship would only be moderately larger in terms of exterior dimensions. According to a 2011 estimate, an ultra-large container ship of 20,250 TEU would measure 440 m × 59 m (1,444 ft × 194 ft), compared to 397.71 m × 56.40 m ...

  7. USNS Mercy - Wikipedia

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    United States Naval Ship (USNS) Mercy was built as a San Clemente-class oil tanker, SS Worth, by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, in 1976. Starting in July 1984, she was renamed and converted to a hospital ship by the same company. Launched on 20 July 1985, Mercy was placed in service on 8 November 1986. She has a ...

  8. Panamax - Wikipedia

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    3 Comparison of sizes. ... (66 m), at a cost of $1.7 billion, ... Tanker ships; Ship sizes Archived 2021-05-03 at the Wayback Machine;

  9. Merchant ship - Wikipedia

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    A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. ... Today's largest oil tankers in comparison by gross tonnage are TI Europe, TI Asia, TI Oceania, which are ...