Safe loading of a Fuel Tanker A fuel tanker typically carries 36,000 - 40,000 litres of fuel, taking around 18 minutes to load. This video gives you an introduction on how our drivers load a fuel tanker safely. >> I'm here today at the Plymouth fuel terminal to load class Li family quid into the row tanker once them on the loading bay and I applied the hand brake and turn ignition off I'll wait 90 seconds before switching the master switch off to allow the onboard computer to shut down correctly