Types of tankers

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A tanker (tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport in bulk. Major types of tank ship include:
: vessels designed to transport chemicals in bulk. Their size is considerably smaller than the average size of other tanker types due to the specialized natures of their cargoes.
and tankers: ships transporting liquefied petroleum gas, and liquefied natural gas respectively.
: ships designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two main types: tankers, and tankers (refined products). The crude oil tankers are distinguished according to their size, usually measured in . Sometimes transportation of liquid and dry cargo is alternate, in such case those ships are known as OBO ( / / ). PROBO (or ) is used for ( / / / ) carrier.