How Oil Tankers Carry Crude Oil
In short: A look inside a crude oil tanker: its double hull, the spaces that keep its cargo tanks apart, one example voyage cycle from inerting to discharge, and the terminals where oil is loaded and discharged.
A 2:01 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Oil tanker sizes range from general purpose to ultra-large crude carriers on AFRA scale - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Double hull | ship part | Britannica”; International Maritime Organization (IMO), “Construction Requirements for Oil Tankers - Double Hulls”; UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Merchant Shipping Instructions to Surveyors, MSIS 12, Chapter 8), published on GOV.UK, “Microsoft Word - CH08r2.DOC”; Warsash Maritime School, Solent University (training course page), “Petroleum Tanker Operations Simulator | Warsash Maritime”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Bulk terminal | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Oil tanker sizes range from general purpose to ultra-large crude carriers on AFRA scale - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Double hull | ship part | Britannica · View →
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) — Construction Requirements for Oil Tankers - Double Hulls · View →
- UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Merchant Shipping Instructions to Surveyors, MSIS 12, Chapter 8), published on GOV.UK — Microsoft Word - CH08r2.DOC · View →
- Warsash Maritime School, Solent University (training course page) — Petroleum Tanker Operations Simulator | Warsash Maritime · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Bulk terminal | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Oil tanker sizes range from general purpose to ultra-large crude carriers on AFRA scale - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Double hull | ship part | Britannica
- Also: International Maritime Organization (IMO): Construction Requirements for Oil Tankers - Double Hulls
- Also: UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Merchant Shipping Instructions to Surveyors, MSIS 12, Chapter 8), published on GOV.UK: Microsoft Word - CH08r2.DOC
- Also: Warsash Maritime School, Solent University (training course page): Petroleum Tanker Operations Simulator | Warsash Maritime
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Bulk terminal | Britannica
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