The Aframax tanker
Gerd Knutsen at the wharf in
Brest.
An Aframax ship is an oil tanker with capacity between 80,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) and 120,000 DWT. Aframax class tankers are 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 very-large crude carriers (VLCC) and ultra-large crude carriers (ULCCs). The term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA) tanker rate system.
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