The following essay will deal with the Aframax Tanker Vessel Class. Tankers between a Deadweight (DWT) of 80.000 – 120.000 metric tons belong to the Aframax Tanker Vessel Class. According to the AFRA, Scale Tankers with a Deadweight (DWT) of 80.000 – 159.999 metric tonnes are considered LR2 (Long Range 2) Tankers. The flexible market scale categorised tanker vessels with a DWT between 80.000 – 120.000 metric tonnes as Aframax Vessels and Vessels between a DWT of 120.000 – 200.000 metric tonnes as Suezmax.
Read more »The following report looks at several aspects of iron ore transportation worldwide, focusing on the Commonwealth of Australia (Australia) and the People’s Republic of China (China). Australia and China developed an important trade relationship over decades and centuries.
Read more »This article handles one of the biggest problems the maritime industry has to face now and in the future: reducing the carbon and other air emissions to limit the industry’s impact on climate change. The paper discusses the following topics: the decarbonisation of the maritime industry in general; biofuels use for the transition phase, alternative biofuel conversion technology, advantages and disadvantages of biofuels and hemp as an alternative biomass resource to produce biofuels and how their properties can overcome the critics against a biofuel implementation into the shipping industry.
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