Aframax
An Aframax ship is an oil tanker with capacity between 80,000 dwt and 120,000 dwt.
The Aframax tanker is mostly employed in the intra-regional trade of the North Sea, the Caribbean, the Far East and the Mediterranean. The term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA) tanker rate system.
Non-OPEC exporting countries may require the use of Aframax tankers because the harbors and canals through which these countries have exported their oil are too small to accommodate VLCC's and ULCC's.
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