Tanker

How it is used

Types include crude oil tankers, product tankers and chemical tankers; ships for liquefied gas are usually called gas carriers. Tanker crews need extra safety training, and cargo is loaded and discharged through the manifold with shore hoses or loading arms.

Example sentences

1. The tanker discharged 80,000 tonnes of crude oil at the refinery terminal.

2. Smoking on deck is strictly forbidden on board a tanker.

Common collocations

• oil tanker
• chemical tanker
• product tanker
• double-hull tanker

Related terms

• vesselA ship or large boat. In official documents, contracts and radio calls it is the standard word for any craft that travels on water.
• MARPOLThe International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships: the main IMO treaty that limits pollution from ships by oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage and air emissions.
• dischargeTo unload cargo from a ship in port. As a noun, discharge means the unloading operation itself.
• hullThe main watertight body of a ship, including its bottom and sides but not the masts, superstructure or equipment on deck.

More terms: Ship Types & Ship Structure

• bow
• stern
• port side
• starboard
• draught
• rudder
• container ship
• bulk carrier
• freeboard