1. Aframax
The Aframax tanker Gerd Knutsen at the wharf in Brest.
The Aframax tanker TORBEN SPIRIT at anchor in the outer anchorage at Singapore.
An Aframax ship is an oil tanker with capacity between 80,000 dwt and 120,000 dwt.
The Aframax class tanker is largely used in the basins of the Black Sea, the North Sea,
the Caribbean Sea, the China Sea and the Mediterranean. Non-OPEC exporting countries
may require the use of Aframax tankers because the harbors and canals through which
these countries export their oil are too small to accommodate VLCC's and ULCC's. The
term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA) tanker rate system.
