Nautical Term: Shuttle tanker
Definition of Shuttle tanker
A shuttle tanker is a medium-sized vessel specifically engineered for the repetitive, short-haul transportation of crude oil. This essential function is carried out between Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels or single point mooring buoys, and coastal refinery terminals.
For instance, a shuttle tanker may transport crude oil from an FPSO located off the coast of Nigeria to a refinery terminal situated on the coast of Texas.
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