IMU DNS BNA 023

Cargo handling, Stowage

Block 1 Unit No. 1
A basic introduction to Oil
Tankers

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 Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems

A basic introduction to Oil Tankers

1) Capacity plan
2) Pumping plan
3) Cargo loading
4) Safety on tankers
5) Cargo discharging
6) Cargo documentation
7) Brief introduction to ISGOTT

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Large Tanker

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 Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems

A basic introduction to Oil Tankers

Oil tankers have become indispensable to modern

international industrial economy. Dedicated to the
movement of liquid commodities in bulk, these
vessels demand specialized knowledge and
techniques from the personnel who take them out
to sea.

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 Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems

A basic introduction to Oil Tankers

• In 1878, the first ship to use the hull as an oil tank

was built. It was called the "Zoroaster".

• The first steamship designed and built to carry

petroleum in bulk was put into service in 1886. This
was the “Gluckauf” (Good luck), built in England .

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 Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems

A basic introduction to Oil Tankers

• She was a small ship, 300 feet, long with a deadweight of

3020 tons.

• She was the prototype of the modern tanker.

• With steam driven pumps segregated from cargo tanks by

steel bulkheads.

• And with the engine room at the after end, separated from the
cargo tanks area by cofferdams formed by twin bulkheads.

• This pattern of construction has not altered significantly.

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 Tankers for Transportation
m.t Jahre Viking was the largest ship afloat in 1999.
She is 458 meters [1,503 feet long] long, with a beam
of 69 meters [226 feet]. The hull extends 25 meters
below the water-line. When it is fully loaded with
crude oil, she has a gross tonnage of 565,000 tons.
Comparative sizes of tankers

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Big and small

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 Supertanker
• VLCC and ULCC

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