Going Overseas
Introduction Transport Fleets The Tankers Classifications Filling the Tankers Unloading Ye Olde Tankers Going by Rail Going Overseas Tank Farms Radioactive Logistics Planning Monitoring the Load	For transport of chemicals overseas, various methods are possible - container ferries, or ocean-going tankers. Container Ferries As described under section "The Tankers", road tankers can be driven onto and off a ferry, as RO-RO vehicles . . . . . . and an I.S.O. tank can be hoisted onto a ship by crane and carried as cargo, ready for collection by another tractor unit at the port of arrival. Ocean-going Tanker Vessels These are used when large quantities have to undergo sea journeys. The chemical for transport can be delivered by tanker vessel (e.g. crude oil into an oil tanker, for shipping from the country of origin to an oil refinery.) The shipping tanker could be anything from a parcel tanker of around 50 ton capacity, to a supertanker, capacity approximately 300,000 tons. Up to Menu?
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