Abstract
Publisher Summary Ships designed specifically to carry bulk liquid cargoes are generally referred to as tankers. Tankers are commonly associated with the carriage of oil, but a wide variety of liquids are carried in smaller tank vessels, and there are a considerable number of larger tank vessels dedicated to carrying chemicals in bulk. There are ships that carry refined oil products, and perhaps some other cargoes like molasses, which tend to be in the smaller 12000 tonnes to 50000 tonnes deadweight range. Then, there are the crude oil carriers which extend to the 500000 tonnes deadweight range. The former vessels, the smaller of which may have a single centre line longitudinal bulkhead, have a greater number of tanks, and more complicated pumping arrangements, which permit the carriage of a number of different products on a single voyage. Mild steel is used throughout the structure, but higher tensile steels may also be introduced in the more highly stressed regions of the larger vessels.
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