Oil collecting vessel

An oil collecting apparatus for removing oil from the surface of water, comprising:

• a vessel, at least two oil booms arranged in front of the vessel in V-shaped, the oil booms comprising buoyant screwlike draw booms arranged to rotate so as to draw surface water and oil into a receiver provided in the vessel, simultaneously displacing the vessel forward;
• and boundary booms provided in parallel with the draw booms so as to lead the surface water displaced by the draw booms into the receiver in the vessel;
• wherein each of said draw booms comprises a plurality of draw boom segments connected in series by universal joints, draw flanges in each of the draw boom segments, the draw flanges in the outermost draw boom segment of each draw boom being larger than those of the other draw boom segments, so that the vessel is steerable and the opening direction of the oil booms is adjustable by operating the outermost draw boom segment of one of the oil booms at a speed different from that of the outermost draw boom segment of the other oil boom.