ISBN: | 978-5-5094-3625-3 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The history of the oil tanker is part of the evolution of the technology of oil transportation alongside the oil industry. Although man`s use of oil reaches to prehistory, the first modern commercial exploitation dates back to James Young`s manufacture of parafin in 1850. In these early days, oil from Upper Burma was moved in earthenware vessels to the river bank where it was then poured into boat holds.