Within the tanker vessel section, there is the specific form of transport for liquefied petroleum gas. As per directive 2008/106/EG, “‘liquefied-gas tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other product as listed in Chapter 19479 of the International Gas Carrier Code480, in its up-to-date version.

Tankers are used for the transport of liquid cargo, such as mineral oil, derivatives, liquid chemical products, as well as edibles. The payload of the European Tanker fleet was around 3.4 million tons in 2013, of which 98.5 % are on the Rhine axis and just 1.5% in the Danube area.

Again, there are vessels of different size which are adapted to the various waterway classifications in the relevant relation.

Non-self-propelled lighter for push barge convoys

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