Tour aboard Suezmax tanker

	NEWNEWNEW MARITIME VIRTUAL TOURS: Aboard Gas Carrier; through PANAMA Canal and BOSPHORE aboard merchant ship! Hundreds of photographs! Tour aboard Suezmax tanker "Front Fighter" Wheelhouse \| Engine room \| Deck \| Pump room \| Loading/discharging Detailed ship's information General info \| Machinery equipment \| Deck equipment \| Cargo handling equipment

Crude Oil Carrier

m/t "FRONT FIGHTER"

1998 built center bulkhead Suezmax tanker

Double skin design
Segregated Ballast Tanks Ballasting/deballasting is performed concurrently with cargo handling, thus avoid delays due to interruptions in loading/discharging operations
Programmable washing machines installed in all cargo tanks to minimize amount of residues after discharge
Computerized planned maintenance system
Heating in all cargo spaces
Cargo control room with all cargo handling and safety functions
Stability, fully sufficient for all normal cargo operations without specific limitations of slack tanks during loading of discharging
All safety functions related to bridge
Remote level gauging by tanks radars
Monitoring system for hydrocarbon gas in ballast tanks and pump room
Monitoring system for O₂ and H₂S in cargo pump room
Ballast tanks possible to inert
Vapour return system as per OCIMF guidelines and U.S.C.G. regulations installed

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Vessel sizes		Deadweight tons(DWT)
GP	General Purpose	16,500 — 24,999
MR	Medium Range	25,000 — 44,999
LR1	Large/Long Range1	45,000 — 79,999
LR2	Large/Long Range 2	80,000 — 159,999
Aframax		75,000 — 110,000
Suezmax		110,000 — 150,000
VLCC	Very Large Crude Carrier	160,000 — 319,999
ULCC	Ultra Large Crude Carrier	320,000 — 549,000
Capesize	Any vessel, usually carrying dry bulk cargoes, that is too big to navigate the Panama or Suez Canals.

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Last updating - 10.02.2004
author - Gennadiy Vasilev