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NOW : 4530 + 2 Mystery, tankers photos : ( Last update : 04-07-2008 )

!!!! This site will be partly - rebuild, during the following months !!!!

55,000 - 79,999 DWT	Panamax Crude Carrier
80,000 - 119,000 DWT	Aframax Crude Carrier
120,000 - 199,999 DWT	Suezmax Crude Carrier
200,000 - 319,999 DWT	VLCC ( Very Large Crude Carrier )
320,000 DWT & above	ULCC ( Ultra Large Crude Carrier )

Because of their huge sizes these vessels have been almost exclusively only used for the carriage of crude oils.

Only the smallest of this category has carried any type of refined products. Several of these ULCC classed vessels

are over 400,000 and the biggest of these ships had a deadweight of 564,939 tons.

All the VLCC- & ULCC-tankers of the Esso & Mobil Companies, can be found on their actual Esso site's.

Alberto Blanco, Anne Niemantsverdriet, Saudi Aramco World / PADIA, Bent Mikkelsen, Bob Hossack, Charles Loughlin,

Christos Leounikis, Dag Bjerke, Darijan Sclaunich, Darren Green, David Skee, David Waller, Didier Pinçon, Ed Keefe,

Edson de Lima Lucas, Eric Houri, Gaspar-Luis Prieto, Geert Mast, Ferry Ton, Frans Caspers, Frans Sanderse, Hans L. Lott,

Hein Hinrichs, Hervé Cozanet, Honza Plener, Huib Trommel, Ilhan Kermen, Ivo Balic, Jack Steeghs, Jan Goedhart,

Jan Tiedemann, Jérôme Billard, Jim Gallacher, Johan Bazen, John Jones, John Curdy, Jorgen Lonn, John Spooner,

Julian Lelliott, Gérard Né, Kees Helder, Kevin Moore, Koos Los, Letterio Tomasello, Maik Ebel, Martin Taylor,

Markus Berger, Maurice Scholten, Morten Bjørndalen, Niels Eyde Hansen, Oliver Vitré, Patrick Hill, Peet de Rouw,

Peter Clisby, Ragnar Foss, Ragnar Iversen, Renier van de Wetering, Richard Gohier, Rick Hutchison, Rick Vince,

Scott Robertson, Steve Kelly, Steve Nilas, Ted Witwicki, Thomas Bruns, Thomas Lissner, Thomas Lützenkirchen,

Toby Young, Tony Atkinson, Ulf Harrison, Yves Teut, Yvon Perchoc & Zeljko Pavicin.

Also thanks to Jan Lassen for photos from his site ; http://www.merchantshipphotos.de/

Thanks also to : Shipphoto (Japan), ( http://shipphoto.exblog.jp/ )

Thanks also to : Lardex Group ( http://www.lardex.net/ )

Equasis, Ian Thomas, Jan Nicolay Jansen, Mats E. Sæther, MSF Fotografie, Almelo, Holland,

Nippom Kkaiji Kyokai ( Class NK ), Richard H. Davies, Tankerworld & Varvshistoriska Föreningen i Göteborg.

New site about those famous T - Tankers built during WW II