how to load oil into a tanker?

Question

the oil is loaded from port into a tanker

Is there any specific details on the loading from the oil truck from the port into tanker such as aframax tanker?

Does the pumping uses only one pipe connected to many trucks or one truck to one tank of the tanker?

Is there any guidelines to load oil to tankers that used worldwide? If yes, what's the name of that guidelines?

Is there any specific details on the loading from the oil truck from the port into tanker such as aframax type tanker?

Does the pumping uses only one pipe connected to many trucks or one truck to one tank of the tanker?

Is there any guidelines to load oil to tankers that used worldwide? If yes, what's the name of that guidelines?

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Is there any specific details on the loading from the oil truck from the port into tanker such as aframax tanker?

Does the pumping uses only one pipe connected to many trucks or one truck to one tank of the tanker?

Is there any guidelines to load oil to tankers that used worldwide? If yes, what's the name of that guidelines?

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Answer 1

The tanks in the tanker will be precharged with inert gas such as nitrogen or processed combustion products from the boiler if the tanker happens to be have boilers (less common these days) to ensure that the product cannot catch fire in the ship's tanks. When oil starts to flow into the tanks then the dispaced volume of inert gas has to be removed. For oil applications this is normally done within the ships systems and the gas released to atmosphere, so that only one pipeline between shore and tanker is necessary. If the product is volatile, such as LNG, then the displaced vapor would be flammable and that would have to be returned to shore through a second pipeline connection.
One problem sometimes occurs during tanker loading. When the ship's tanks are lower than the on-shore pump, then the ship might start to syphon the oil into the tank. Controls might have to be provided to prevent this from happening.

Answer 2

Most of the time oil is pumped, or fed by gravity, from tanks onshore. Ship size could determine the number of lines used for filling.

Precautions include prevention of static electricity buildup, overfilling, and sometimes pumping off ballast water. when not carrying cargo, ships often take on ballast water for stability.

Answer 3

It is pumped in, nothing special, there's just big pipes that go out to the ship and the oil is poured in.