Abstract: A floating container for receiving and transporting collected oil pollutants has an elongate, hose-shaped body with towing attachments and buoyancy bodies disposed on the outside thereof and serving as rubbing strakes or fenders, and a large filling and discharge opening surrounded by an inflatable buoyancy collar. The discharge opening is sealable by means of a cover and is sufficiently large to allow the introduction of an immersible pump intended for discharging of the contents of the container. The discharge opening is either triangular and has its one apex directed towards the towing attachments, or is oval and has its major axis directed in the longitudinal direction of the hose-shaped body.