INTERTANKO

(The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners)

• Intertanko is a membership association for owners of independent tankers throughout

the world.
• The Association was formed in its present guise in Oslo in 1970 to speak out for those
independent tanker owners.
• INTERTANKO's Mission is to Provide leadership to the Tanker Industry in serving the world
with the safe, environmentally sound and efficient seaborne transportation of oil, gas and
chemical products.
•  Membership is open to those owners and operators of oil, gas and chemical tankers who
fulfil the Association's membership criteria.
• As of January 2019, the organization had 198 full members, whose combined fleet
comprises some 3,931 tankers totaling almost 346 million dwt.
• INTERTANKO's Associate Membership, i.e. companies with an interest in shipping of oil
INTERTANKO and Its Members’ Goals

1. Be the representative forum of choice for all quality tanker owners and managers.
2. Enhance public and political awareness of the importance and positive performance of the
tanker industry.
3. Promote balanced terms of trade and a competitive, transparent and sustainable tanker
industry.
4. Lead the development, acceptance and implementation of uniform, worldwide international
tanker standards.
5. Lead in establishing and maintaining partnerships, cooperation and open and constructive
dialogue with the relevant maritime authorities, organizations, associations and special
interest groups.