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OIL TANKER [2 records]

Record 1 2020-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
DEF

A ship designed for the carriage of oil in bulk, her cargo space consisting of several, or indeed many, tanks.

OBS

Size and capacity range from the ultra large crude carrier (u.l.c.c.) of over half a million tonnes dead weight to the small coastal tanker.

OBS

tanker: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Navire-citerne conçu pour le transport, sous forme liquide et en vrac, de pétrole brut [...] ou raffiné [...]

OBS

pétrolier : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Transporte de petróleo y gas natural
DEF

Barco que transporta petróleo y todo tipo de crudos.

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Record 2 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

Besides the "Moni Delmas", a vegetable oil carrier and "Pilat" ... Delmas-Villjeux owns four new flexible chemical carriers ...

OBS

Chemical tankers do carry a variety of products which would normally be considered to be unrelated to chemicals, i.e. wine, molasses, animal and vegetable oils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Dans ces navires transporteurs de produits chimiques (ou naturels) on peut distinguer [...] les navires transporteurs de soufre liquide [...] les navires pinardiers, les navires porteurs d'huile, les navires asphaltiers.

OBS

Le Chimiste-Nantes est un navire capable de transporter [...] [tous] liquides chimiques ou pétro-chimiques [...] huiles végétales et alimentaires [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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