Definitions for "Aframax"
Keywords:  tanker, dwt, deadweight, crude, barrels
A tanker of 70,000 - 120,000 dwt. An aframax can typically carry some 600,000 barrels of crude oil.
Vessels in the order of 80,000-100,000 dwt, typically vessels with load capacities of 600,000 barrels of crude oil.
A medium size crude oil tanker of approximately 80,000 to 120,000 deadweight tons. Because of their size, Aframaxes are able to operate on many different routes, including from Latin America and the North Sea to the U.S. They are also used in lightering (transferring cargo from larger tankers, typically VLCCs, to smaller tankers for discharge in ports from which the larger tankers are restricted). Modern Aframaxes can generally transport from 500,000 to 800,000 barrels of crude oil.