Naftni tanker

Supertanker Ab Qaiq

Knock Nevis v primerjavi z nebotičniki

Náftni tánker (angleško Crude Oil tanker) je tanker, ki se uporablja za prevoz surove nafte.

Tankerji nosilnostjo nad 250.000 ton veljajo za supertankerje. Tankerji z nosilnostjo med 200.000-315.000 se klaficirajo kot "VLCC", nad 315.000 ton pa kot "ULCC". Največji tanker na svetu Knock Nevis je imel nosilnost 550.000 ton.

Primerjava največjih ladij

Trenutno je v uporabi okrog 4020 tankerjev s nosilnostjo nad 10.000 ton, 396 od njih ima nosilnost nad 300.000 ton.

Naftni tankerji na leto transportirajo okrog 2 milijardi ton nafte in so en izmed najcenejših in energetsko najbolj učinkovitih načinov transporta, cena transporta litra nafte čez ocean je samo par evro centov.

Bibliografija

• Hayler, William B.; Keever, John M. (2003). American Merchant Seaman's Manual. Cornell Maritime Pr. ISBN 0-87033-549-9.
• Huber, Mark (2001). Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC). Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-528-6.
• Overseas Shipholding Group (2008-02-28). "Overseas Shipholding Group Enters FSO Market". Press Releases. Overseas Shipholding Group. Pridobljeno dne 2008-04-08.
• Sawyer, L.A.; Mitchell, W.O. (1987). Sailing ship to supertanker: the hundred-year story of British Esso and its ships. Lavenham, Suffolk: Terence Dalton. ISBN 0-86138-055-X.
• Singh, Baljit (July 11, 1999). "The world's biggest ship". The Times of India. Pridobljeno dne 2008-04-07.
• Spyrou, Andrew G. From T-2 to Supertanker: Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940-2000. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-36068-8.
• Sullivan, George (1978). Supertanker!: The Story of the World's Biggest Ships. New York: Dodd Mead. ISBN 0-396-07527-4.

Glej tudi

• Tanker
• Supertanker
• Produktni tanker
• List of Type T2 tankers
• Leteči tanker
• Tanker/bulker

Zunanje povezave

• ship-photos.de: Private homepage of categorized ship photos including tankers of all kinds
• Oil tanker by Picture
• Bill Willis. Supertankers
• Intertanko—the society of International Tanker Operators
• The International Maritime Organization—Tanker Safety (for double-hulls)
• Ship photos of tankers, ULCCs, VLCCs, barges
  
• Information on crude oil tankers and other forms of oil transport
• Winchester, Clarence, ur. (1937), "Development of the oil tanker", Shipping Wonders of the World, str. 711–714 illustrated account of oil tanker development