A shipping industry vessel 10 for storage and transport of hydrocarbon products, the vessel being arranged for passage through the Panama Canal at least when in a partially loaded state and having an overall length in the range 300 to 366 m, a maximum beam of no more than 49 m and, at least when in said partially loaded state, a draft of no more than 15.2 m. When in said partially loaded state the vessel has a cargo capacity of at least 160,000 m3. A method of using the vessel and a method of manufacture of the vessel are also disclosed.
Optimized tanker
2020-04-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
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