a tanker
A ship designed to carry other ships is called a "carrier ship."
ships which carry tanks full of petrol and tanks which leak
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.
Pipelines, trains, trucks, pretty much everything that can carry oil. They use ships too.
Tankers that carry oil for refueling ships are typically referred to as bunker tankers or bunker barges. These vessels are specifically designed to transport and deliver fuel oil, known as bunker fuel, to other ships in ports or at sea. They play a crucial role in maintaining the fuel supply for commercial and military vessels, ensuring that ships can operate efficiently during their voyages. Bunker tankers are equipped to handle various types of fuel, including heavy fuel oil and marine diesel.
An oiler. a tanker
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
It means Royal Mail Steamship. All ships that carry mail are called R.M.S
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"
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!
it runs on oil
Cruise ships run on diesel fuel to power generators while in port, and heavy fuel oil while sailing.