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Oil tankers

A tanker for crude oil or refined oil products. Shuttle tankers load crude at offshore fields. Voydar tracks 2,906 ships of this type by IMO number, 354 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Part of: Tankers

Largest oil tankers by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Batillus275,2671976—not on AIS
Seawise Giant260,9411979—not on AIS
Esso Pacific247,1601977—not on AIS
FSO Safer192,6731976—not on AIS
FSO Uote 1169,4351993—not on AIS
Delta Apollonia166,9552015LiberiaSep 29, 2026, 17:55 UTC
AMZAN166,3082014Saudi ArabiaSep 12, 2026, 16:17 UTC
Delta Aigaion166,2232014LiberiaSep 12, 2026, 08:19 UTC
New Giant166,2232016—not on AIS
Boston166,0932012—not on AIS

Newest oil tankers

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
SEASCOUT62,7162025MaltaSep 21, 2026, 23:12 UTC
Challah—2022MoroccoOct 1, 2026, 17:34 UTC
Sparto62,8122020MaltaSep 28, 2026, 22:41 UTC
Thun Lundy11,8262020NetherlandsSep 28, 2026, 18:41 UTC
Thun Blyth2,8702020NetherlandsSep 29, 2026, 12:54 UTC
RN Primorye2,8242020RussiaOct 1, 2026, 11:29 UTC
Queen Brittany2,7382020—not on AIS
Monte Serantes82,8392019PortugalSep 2, 2026, 01:18 UTC
AMEINON64,9092019LiberiaSep 23, 2026, 18:43 UTC
Garrincha61,4262019BrazilOct 1, 2026, 09:09 UTC

Flags

The flags oil tankers in Voydar's records sail under most often.

Recently seen on AIS