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VLCC

  1. a supertanker with a deadweight capacity of up to 250,000 tons.


VLCC

abbreviation for

  1. very large crude carrier: an oil tanker with a capacity between 200 000 and 400 000 tons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of VLCC1

V(ery) L(arge) C(rude) C(arrier)
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Example Sentences

A loaded VLCC, longer than three football fields, requires a 75-foot deep channel and a huge turning radius.

“Why take a chance and mess it up? All it would take is one accident with a VLCC. That would cause harm that would last for years.”

Over 330 metres long, eight storeys high and double hulled to prevent spillages, it was classed as a VLCC, or very large crude carrier.

For example, a VLCC, one of the biggest oil tankers at sea, will pay 25 percent more for its fuel, or an extra $500,000 on top of normal bill of $2 million, for a typical 25-day voyage from the Middle East to Japan.

From Reuters

The third tanker that supposedly began operating last year, the Carabobo VLCC, ordered in 2010 from Chinese shipyard Bohai, was not ready when Venezuelan and Chinese officials held a christening event for it in September 2012.

From Reuters

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