MR tanker
Medium Range
Meaning
An MR (medium range) tanker is a product tanker of about 25,000 to 55,000 deadweight tonnes, the most common size for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Also written as MR, Medium range tanker, MR2
MR tanker explained
Most MRs today are around 45,000 to 50,000 dwt with coated tanks and many segregations. They can enter most product terminals and are the backbone of trades like the transatlantic UKC to US East Coast route and US Gulf exports to Latin America.
Related terms
LR1
An LR1 is a long range product tanker of about 55,000 to 80,000 deadweight tonnes, roughly Panamax size, used for clean products and some crude.
Handysize tanker
A Handysize tanker is a small product or chemical tanker of roughly 10,000 to 40,000 deadweight tonnes, used on short-sea and regional trades.
Clean tanker
A clean tanker carries refined clean products such as gasoline, naphtha, jet fuel and diesel, usually with coated tanks to protect cargo quality.
TC2
TC2 is the Baltic Exchange benchmark MR route for a 37,000-tonne clean products cargo from Rotterdam to New York.
TC14
TC14 is the Baltic Exchange benchmark MR route for a 38,000-tonne clean products cargo from the US Gulf to the UK-Continent.