The main ship particulars of 46,000-50,000 dwt Handymax tankers are normally as follows: the overall ship length is 183 m, breadth 32.2 m and design/scantling draught 11.0 m/12.2 m.

Recent development steps have made it possible to offer solutions which will enable significantly lower transportation costs for Handymax tankers (and bulk carriers) as outlined in this paper.

One of the goals in the marine industry today is to reduce the impact of CO₂ emissions from ships and, therefore, to reduce the fuel consumption for the propulsion of ships to the widest possible extent at any load.