[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|700||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”45px” background_image=”https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/global-shiping-tankers-background.jpg” min_height=”800px” min_height_tablet=”” min_height_phone=”” min_height_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”380px||||false|false” title_text_shadow_style=”preset4″ title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0.04em” title_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.04em” title_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0.15em” title_text_shadow_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”2.5em” header_line_height=”5em” text_orientation=”justified” global_colors_info=”{}”]Seaborne oil transportation dates back to the ancient times with the first use of petroleum in various forms. However, the movement of oil and its derivatives in a way similar to the contemporary transportation of liquid cargoes, originated in the mid-late 19th century following the commercial exploitation of oil reserves in North America and Europe.<\/p>\n
In the early 1860s, the first full cargo of oil transited the Atlantic in barrels onboard the sailing ship Elizabeth Watts, while a few years later, wooden and iron sailing ships attempted to carry oil in bulk or in tins.<\/p>\n
The first ship specifically designed to carry a full cargo of oil in bulk was the 1886-built steamer Gl\u00fcckauf, built on the banks of the River Tyne by Armstrong Mitchell & Company for the German entrepreneur Wilhelm Anton Riedemann. The 300-ft long vessel had a carrying capacity of 2,307 deadweight tons, the equivalent of 22,000 barrels.<\/p>\n
During the first decades of its operations, the tanker was a type of ship of a somewhat ill repute, with tanker owners usually struggling to find crews to man their vessels. The advancement of technology and the increasing importance of oil as a major commodity, however, led to the overall improvement of building quality.<\/p>\n
Over the coming decades \u2013 particularly after World War II \u2013 following several socio-economic developments around the globe, tankers evolved from small vessels of a basic design into highly complex units carrying from small quantities of specialised liquid cargoes up to the equivalent of millions of barrels of crude oil.<\/p>\n
At present, more than 130 years since the Gl\u00fcckauf\u2019s maiden voyage, tankers transport in an economical and environmentally friendly manner some of the world\u2019s most valued cargoes.<\/p>\n
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