Oil tankers are ships designed for transporting bulk oil ... Global oil demand decreased from 60 to 70 million barrels per day (BPD) to 30 million BPD due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At peak capacity, nearly 900,000 barrels of oil (up from 300,000 barrels ... with B.C. pilots handing the ship over to Puget Sound pilots when the tanker is destined for Washington refineries.
A Greek oil tanker crippled by Yemen's Huthi rebels and towed to avert an environmental disaster began transferring its cargo of over a million barrels on Thursday, the state-run ANA news agency said.