TI-class supertanker - Wikipedia
网页TI-class supertanker. Hellespont Tara (later TI Europe) in the Netherlands on June 24, 2005. The TI class of supertankers comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania (all names as of July 2004), where the "TI" refers to the ULCC tanker pool operator Tankers International.
The TI Class Super Tankers: The Fantastic Four - Marine Insight
网页2019年7月26日 · These four tanker ships were built for the Greek shipping corporation Hellespont. Later on, they were taken over by the OSG Group (Fairfax and Tara leading to their renaming) and the Euronav NV (Alhambra and Metropolis leading to their renaming).
Supertankers – Back When Giants Crossed the Seas
网页2022年3月28日 · The title of “supertanker” was first given to the 45,000 dwt Tina Onassis, built for the Greek magnate in 1953 by the Howaldtswerke (formerly Vulkan) in Hamburg. The following year, Onassis one-upped himself with the 47,000 dwt Al-Malik Saud Al-Awal , and so the trend continued, with tonnage rising exponentially over the next twenty years.
What Are TI Class Supertankers? 4 Behemoths Of the Oceans!
网页2020年3月29日 · The TI class supertankers is a class of the four largest ships in the world by displacement, gross tonnage, and deadweight tonnage. They are owned by Tankers International L.L.C. The TI in the name stands for the same (Tankers International). These were the first ultra-large crude carriers built in nearly the past three decades.
Seawise Giant: You Can't Keep a Good Ship Down - Mental Floss
网页A Greek shipping magnate originally ordered the ship in 1979 when tanker construction was booming following a decade of unrest in the oil market. He ended up not being able to foot the bill when...
John N. Goulandris - bio - Greek Shipping Hall of Fame
网页The company’s 192,477-ton Nicholas J. Goulandris, built in 1968 by Hitachi Zosen, is considered the first supertanker to raise the Greek flag. In Greece, the N. J. Goulandris family commissioned the giant statue of the Unknown Seafarer that is a feature of the town of Andros island and also financed the adjacent maritime museum.
The Seawise Giant, the longest, heaviest, ship ever built – …
网页2018年3月27日 · The ship, which aptly came to be called the Seawise Giant, was an ultra-large supertanker built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan for a Greek business mogul. By the time she was ready, in 1979, the tycoon had either changed his mind or had gone bankrupt (reports vary) and refused to take delivery.
The Role of Greek Shipowners in the Revival of Northern …
网页2019年10月30日 · Led by Aristotle Onassis, the first Greek to invest in newly-built tankers before the war, prominent shipowners like Stavros Niarchos, Stavros Livanos, the Kulukundis-brothers and the P. Goulandris-brothers became United States’ main shipping partners, carrying much of its foreign trade.
Supertanker | ship | Britannica
网页Supertanker, large tanker (q.v.) or cargo ship, commonly an oil-carrying vessel that might exceed 500,000 tons.
Greece says it won’t assist Iranian tanker sought by US
网页2019年8月21日 · ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece said on Wednesday it won’t endanger its relations with the United States by aiding an Iranian supertanker sought by the U.S. but released by Gibraltar that’s currently in the Mediterranean Sea, believed heading for a …