transport volume of crude oil in seaborne trade stood at around 1.83 billion metric tons in 2021.
There were 8,883 oil tankers worldwide in 2021. This was an increase of nearly 100 units compared to the previous year, with the oil tanker fleet having grown in every year in the period of consideration. The majority of oil tankers transport oil products. The Number of crude oil and oil product tankers worldwide from 2012 to 2021
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VSM. "Number of Crude Oil and Oil Product Tankers Worldwide from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326758/number-of-oil-tankers-worldwide/
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