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Definition of Oil tanker
1. Noun. A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk.
Generic synonyms: Cargo Ship, Cargo Vessel
Specialized synonyms: Supertanker
Derivative terms: Oil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Tanker
Literary usage of Oil tanker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World Energy Investment Outlook: 2003 Insights by International Energy Agency (2003)
"Around 60% of the existing oil-tanker fleet will have to be scrapped by 2015 in
order to meet the requirements of international ..."
2. Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels by Walter Pollock (1919)
"211, is an oil tanker carrying 450 tons of oil or spirit, length 163 ft., breadth
28-5 ... oil tanker ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"oil tanker oil tanker of 10000 Tons Deadweight Adopted as Standard by shipping Board
... Standard oil tanker Benjamin Brew- ster (82237 A). Ills. & Plates. ..."
4. Fuel Oil in Industry by Stephen Osgood Andros (1920)
"The oil tanker "Nuuanu." arrived in San Francisco with a cargo of about 1100 tons
of bulk cocoanut oil, making the trip from Manila in ..."
5. Angola: Towards an Energy Strategy by International Energy Agency (2006)
"... Angolan crude oil tanker ports planning. The minimum cargo size is 600 thousand
barrels. The production rate of the contributing fields is approximately ..."
6. The Economics of Petroleum by Joseph Ezekiel Pogue (1921)
"For ocean transport, the oil tanker represents the most efficient agency for ...
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE OIL-TANKER TONNAGE AND THE TOTAL MERCHANT TONNAGE OF ..."
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