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TI-class supertanker. Hellespont Tara (later TI Europe) in the Netherlands on June 24, 2005. The TI class of supertankers comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania (all names as of July 2004), where the "TI" refers to the ULCC tanker pool operator Tankers International. The class were the first ULCCs (ultra-large crude ...
Speed. 15.5 knots. The two ships of the U.S.T. Atlantic class, the U.S.T. Atlantic and U.S.T. Pacific, were the largest ships ever built in the Western Hemisphere. Newport News Shipbuilding were the builders, the only American shipbuilders with the facilities for ULCC construction. A third vessel of the class ordered by Zapata Ocean Carriers ...
Evergreen International Aviation (former) Number built. 3. Developed from. Boeing 747. The 747 Supertanker is a retired aerial firefighting airtanker derived from various Boeing 747 models. The aircraft is rated to carry up to 19,600 US gallons (74,000 L) of fire retardant or water. It is the largest aerial firefighting aircraft in the world.
Top Ships Inc. Crude Oil Tanker United States: 157286 2019 ECO JOSHUA PARK: Top Ships Inc. Product and Chemical Tanker Fleet United States: 50000 2019 ECO MALIBU: Top Ships Inc. 9902823 Crude Oil Tanker United States: 157286 2020 ECO MARINA DEL REY: Top Ships Inc. Medium Range Products (MR2) Tanker United States: 50267 2021 ECO OCEANO CA: Top ...
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. [3] Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. [3]
Esso Atlantic. -class supertankers. The two ships of the Esso Atlantic class, Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific, were two of only seven ships to surpass a half million tons deadweight in maritime history. When plying the sea, the vessels had a fully laden draft of 25.3 m (83 ft), [1] rendering them unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez ...
T3 tankers are operated by the US Navy, War Shipping Administration and United States Maritime Commission. The T3 tanker can carry from 113,800 to 200,000 barrels (18,090 to 31,800 m 3) of oil. Some T3 tankers were used to transport other goods like black oil-crude oil and chemicals. T3s are also called liquid cargo carriers.
The Pierre Guillaumat was a supertanker built in 1977 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie Nationale de Navigation. It was the third vessel of Batillus class supertankers (the other three, slightly smaller, were Batillus, Bellamya and Prairial) and distinguished for being the biggest ship ever constructed (by gross tonnage).