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What are ships that carry oil called?
Tankers.
What spills the most oil?
ships which carry tanks full of petrol and tanks which leak
Who invented the first oil tanker and from which country was this person?
The first ships to carry mineral oil (as opposed to whale oil) were not designed particularly for oil - the oil would be carried in jars or barrels. Ludvig Nobel (brother of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel prize) is probably the key pioneer of designing ships specifically to carry oil. He was Swedish.
What methods are used to transport crude oil?
Pipelines, trains, trucks, pretty much everything that can carry oil. They use ships too.
What are boats that carry oil called?
An oiler. a tanker
What type of fuel is used to run cruise ships?
Most cruise ships use Heavy Fuel oil, also called Bunker C fuel.
What do ships run on?
it runs on oil
Why was Titanic given this RMS title?
It means Royal Mail Steamship. All ships that carry mail are called R.M.S
What are the types of oils that are carried in tankers?
Any kind; tankers carry crude oil and oil products. Tankers that carry oil products are often called product carriers. Specialist tankers carry vegetable oils, sewage and water. Not all at once of course!
What is a cargo ship?
These, kind of ships carry containers. These ships classifeid with their TEU capacity. TEU means "twenty foot equvileant unit" in technical term. As normally called " container"
What is cargo ship?
These, kind of ships carry containers. These ships classifeid with their TEU capacity. TEU means "twenty foot equvileant unit" in technical term. As normally called " container"
What do you call a large cargo ship?
They are all called cargo ships. If they carry a special kind of cargo, then they are sub-categorized into Oil: VLCC = Very Large Crude Carrier ULCC = Ultra Large Crude Carrier Transporters/Ferries: RO-RO = Roll On, Roll Off Other categories: Bulk Carriers Container ships Oil Tankers Gas Tankers Car Carrier
