Products tankers vary in capacity and therefore in size. Some are very small to enable them to enter small ports or to trade on inland waterways, canals and rivers; others are larger and carry oil products between ports that are further apart.

Products tankers carry all kinds of liquids :

• Petrol
• Diesel
• Aircraft fuel
• Bitumen
• Liquid Chemicals
• Vegetable Oils
• Fish Oil

Because of the type of cargo they carry, most products tankers have tanks that either are specially coasted, or are made of stainless steel.

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Photograph : Andrew Ingpen

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Small products tanker discharging at the cape town tanker terminal. Photograph : Andrew Ingpen

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Discharging oil products. Photograph : Andrew Ingpen

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Chemical tanker.

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Bunker tanker. This is a floating refueling station for ships while in port.

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Bunkering from a bunker tanker. Photograph: Teekay