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2. Ship-to-ship cargo transfer - Wikipedia

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   STS operations on Suezmax Oil tanker. ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operation is the transfer of cargo between seagoing ships positioned alongside each other, either while stationary or underway. Cargoes typically transferred via STS methods include crude oil, liquefied gas (LPG or LNG), bulk cargo, and petroleum products.

3. List of bulk carriers - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo . For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.

4. List of United States Navy oilers - Wikipedia

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   Gulf Oil's 1936 Gulf Dawn was requisitioned in April 1942, renamed Big Horn and nominally designated AO-45; in fact she was modified into a Q-ship, a U-boat decoy equipped with concealed guns. She was transferred in 1944 to the Coast Guard as USCGC Big Horn (WAO-124), then back to the Navy as a transport tanker in 1945.

5. MV Stellar Banner - Wikipedia

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   The ship's scrap value alone probably totaled several million United States dollars or euros and about 150,000 tonnes (148,000 long tons; 165,000 short tons) of iron ore remained aboard, but Polaris Shipping — citing unacceptable safety issues that would arise in any attempt to tow the ship to port — apparently determined that the cost of ...

6. USS Polaris (AF-11) - Wikipedia

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   Polaris served in the Korean War with Service Squadron 1 and made six journeys to Korean waters between 29 January 1951 and 23 July 1954. Aldebaran-class provisions store ship set a record for her class in number of tons of provisions transferred per hour while on underway replenishment, delivering 116.10 tons per hour to the aircraft carrier USS Midway on 29 April 1955.

7. SS Petersburg - Wikipedia

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   Offshore Petroleum Distribution System (OPDS) provides a semipermanent, all-weather facility for bulk transfer of refined bulk petroleum (e.g., JP5 and JP8) directly from an offshore tanker to a beach termination unit (BTU) located immediately inland from the high-water mark. POL then is either transported inland or stored in the beach support ...

8. Crimson Polaris - Wikipedia

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   Crimson Polaris was a cargo ship that was completed in 2008. On 11 August 2021, it ran aground in Hachinohe, Japan nearing the end of a sailing from Thailand carrying 44,000 tonnes of wood chips. The following day it split in two between holds 5 and 6, spilling a trail of oil 24 kilometres (15 mi) long and 800 metres (0.50 mi) wide, with 1,600 ...

9. Ore-bulk-oil carrier - Wikipedia

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   An ore-bulk-oil carrier, also known as combination carrier or OBO, is a ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes. The idea is to reduce the number of empty ( ballast ) voyages, in which large ships only carry a cargo one way and return empty for another.