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oil tanks are cargo hold in oil tanker.
OBO ships ( oil bulk ore) having oil tanks which is similar to cargo hold in bulk carrier
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What is a tanker's cargo?
Normally a Tanker carries some liquid, mostly Oil, therefore the term "Oil Tanker".
What is the name of the place where cargo is stored on a ship?
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What part of a oil tanker carries oil?
The oil cargo goes into cargo tanks, the fuel oil or bunker goes into the bunker tanks. The lubrication oil (lube oil) goes into the lube oil tanks.
What is a description of an oil tanker?
A ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil in bulk in its cargo spaces and includes combination carriers and any chemical tanker. --Jayant Negi
How many barrels of oil does a typical oil tanker hold?
2,000,000 barrels.
An observer noticed a large oil tanker parked at an oil terminal for 2 days. On the second day more of the hull of the ship was visible. Was the tanker picking up oil or delivering it?
A ship with a cargo rides lower in the water than when it has no cargo. As the cargo is unloaded, the ship rises in the water, revealing parts of the hull which had been below the water level. What the observer was looking at was a ship which was in the process of delivering its oil to the terminal.
How many barrels of oil can a super tanker can hold?
2 million barrels
What does the K stand for in airplane names?
In KC135, KC10 etc. K=tanker C=cargo so KC= Tanker/cargo aircraft
What is slop tank?
A tank in a tanker into which slops are pumped. These represent a residue of the ship's cargo of oil together with the water used to clean the cargo tanks. They are left to separate out in the slop tank.
Why is the transport of chemicals a global concern?
Many different chemicals are caried in tankers if they need to be transported in large bulk amounts. Every thing from petrol to acid to toxic wastes of various descriptions as well as both flamable and non flameable gasses.
Why oil tankers have lesser freeboard than a general cargo ship?
Freeboard on Oil Tankers have less freeboard than General Cargo ships of similar length for several reasons, six of them being: 1. Smaller deck openings in the Upper Deck. 2. Greater sub-division by transverse and longitudinal bulkheads. 3. Density of cargo oil is less than grain cargo. 4. Much larger and better pumping arrangements on tankers to control any ingress of bilge water. 5. Permeability for an oil-filled tank is only about 5% compared to permeability of a grain cargo hold of 60-65%. Hence ingress of water in a bilged compartment will be much less. 6. Larger Transverse Metacentric Height (GMT) values for an Oil Tanker, especially for modern wide shallow draft tanker designs.
What is a wet barrel in petroleun lexicon?
Wet barrels of crude oil is transacted denominations of 500,000 barrels, approximately the cargo capacity of a large tanker.
