Oil tankers are ships designed for transporting bulk oil and/or its derivative products. Tanker ships can be either crude tankers that transport unrefined crude oil or product tankers that ...

Except for oil/ore and OBO-carriers (which are less frequently ordered today anyway), tankers spend half their sea time sailing in ballast with the machinery developing relatively lower power.

An explosion on a 240ft oil tanker off the coast of Germany today sparked a huge inferno and forced the evacuation of all crew on board. The Annika tanker was carrying about 640 tonnes of oil when ...

“Shadow tankers” from Russia are transporting oil cargo worldwide with a bulk bound for Asia, dramatically raising the risk of collisions and oil spills, an independent think tank has warne ...

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AT LEAST 140 people have been killed after an oil tanker exploded following a horror crash in Nigeria. The tanker "somersaulted in the air" after the driver lost control of the vehicle resulting ...

A large German oil tanker caught fire off the Baltic coast today following reports of an explosion, sparking a major rescue operation. The tanker 'Annika', which is 73 metres (240ft) long ...

BERLIN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - An oil tanker caught fire off the Baltic Sea coast of northern Germany early on Friday, and all seven crew members on board at the time were taken ashore, maritime ...

FRANKFURT, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Maritime rescue services and firefighters in Germany's Baltic Sea have extinguished a fire on an oil tanker and brought the vessel safely into the port of Rostock ...

A massive German oil tanker is ablaze off the Baltic coast following an explosion, prompting a large-scale rescue operation. The 73-metre-long tanker 'Annika' has been engulfed in flames since 9 ...

Nigerian authorities in northwest Jigawa state say they are investigating the cause of a fuel tanker crash and explosion that killed over 140 people and injured dozens more early Wednesday.

“Shadow tankers” from Russia are transporting oil cargo worldwide with a bulk bound for Asia, dramatically raising the risk of collisions and oil spills, an independent think tank has warned. The ...