Tanker Fleet Capacities
🚢 Tanker Fleet Capacities and Types
- Product tankers (Smaller Product Carrier):
- Capacity: 10,000 – 60,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Refined products (gasoline, diesel, kerosene).
- Medium Range tankers (MR) (Medium Range / Product Carrier):
- Capacity: 25,000 – 60,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Refined products / Special chemicals.
- Panamax tankers (Canal-limited size):
- Capacity: 60,000 – 80,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Crude oil / Large product shipments.
- Aframax tankers (Aframax Class):
- Capacity: 80,000 – 120,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Regional crude oil transport.
- Long Range 1 tankers (LR1) (Large Range Product Carrier):
- Capacity: 60,000 – 80,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Large refined product shipments.
- Long Range 2 tankers (LR2) (Extra Long Range Product Carrier):
- Capacity: 80,000 – 120,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Intercontinental product transport.
- Suezmax tankers (Suez Canal Size):
- Capacity: 120,000 – 200,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Crude oil transport from Asia/Middle East to Europe/West.
- VLCC tankers (Very Large Crude Carrier):
- Capacity: 200,000 – 320,000 mt DWT.
- Typical Cargo: Crude oil, long-haul, high-volume transport.
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