This type tanker, the tank for the liquid cargo is the body, which has survived to this day. The most the first sea tanker for the transportation of oil in a tank, the walls of which served as a casing, became “ Atlantic», Built in 1863. Already in the 19th century, when coal was the main raw material, crude oil was transported in wooden and zinc barrels in special holds sailing ships intended for oil. The route along which ships of this type go is called "oil". Often, it is most profitable to transport "black gold" not by land, but by water. Oil has long become the most sensitive nerve of the entire world industry. It took about a year to completely dispose of the ship. Before the last voyage, the ship was renamed Mont and changed flag in Sierra Leone. In 2009, the ship was washed ashore in Alang (India), where it was disposed of in 2010. At the same time, the tanker once again changed its name to the modern Knock Nevis. KS-company was later bought by Norwegian ship owner Fred Olsen for his company First Olsen Tankers.įollowing the adoption of laws in the United States and Europe prohibiting the use of single-walled tankers, the so-called single-hull tankers (the Knock Nevis is only 3.5 centimeters thick), in March 2004 the ship at the docks in Dubai was converted into a “floating storage unit” (FPSO ).
However, in 1991, even before the completion of the repairs, the KS-company came under the control of the Norwegian ship-owning company Jorgen Jahre, so the tanker left the shipyard under the name Jahre Viking. The ship was repaired in Singapore and renamed Happy Giant. Only in 1989 it was reanimated by Singapore ship repairmen, replacing 3.7 thousand tons of crushed steel.Īfter the end of the war, the ship towed to Brunei was bought by the Norwegian company KS-company. The tanker was not killed, but out of order. In 1986, an Iraqi fighter jet fired at the ship, which was almost in Persian Gulf(or rather, in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to the bay) the Exocet anti-ship missile. Initially, the ship cruised between the Middle East and the United States, but in 1986 it began to be used as a floating terminal for the storage and transshipment of Iranian oil during the Iran-Iraq war. The total displacement of the monster after the reconstruction reached 825 thousand 614 tons, which, along with its size, made it the largest ship ever to sail on Earth. In 1981, the tanker was ready for operation. The vessel was cut and enlarged, additional hull sections were added, increasing the deadweight from the original 480 thousand tons to a record 564 763 tons. The new owner ordered an increase in the vessel. Its carrying capacity was 480 thousand tons (typical modern supertankers hold 280 thousand tons). Interestingly, the tanker was not that big then.
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The supertanker was built in Yokosuka, Japan by Sumitomo Corporation under the serial number "1016" and was handed over to the Greek ship owner, who gave the tanker its first real name "Seawise Giant".
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The draft at full load did not allow the ship to pass not only the Suez and Panama Canals, but also the English Channel. The stopping distance of the vessel is 10.2 kilometers, and the circulation diameter is more than 3.7 kilometers. The maximum speed was 13 knots, the crew of the vessel was 40 people. The length of the tanker is 458.45 meters, the width is 68.86 meters, the draft in cargo is 24.61 meters.
Knock Nevis had a deadweight of 564 763 tons, which is 658 362 m? (4.1 million barrels) of oil. Built in 1976, rebuilt in 1979, in last years was used as a floating oil storage, then delivered to Alang (India), where it was disposed of in 2010. Its dimensions were: 458.45 meters long and 69 meters wide, making it the largest ship in the world. Knock Nevis (formerly also called Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Jahre Viking) is a Norwegian-flagged supertanker. Knok Nevis, the largest ship ever built by mankind Braking distance of a tanker The largest supertanker on the planet Knock Nevis (16 photos).
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