The anchor of this ship weighed more than six Tesla Cybertrucks. Here's why we'll never build a ship as large as the Seawise Giant again.
Even missiles and bombs couldn’t put an end to the journey of Seawise Giant, an uncanny supertanker that was longer than the Eiffel Tower.The tanker Seawise Giant during its reparations at Hitachi shipyard of Singapore on December 27, 1990 after being hit by Iraqi Exocet during the Iran- Iraq war.Most of you must be familiar with Titanic, but it is high time you heard the legend of the Seawise Giant.
Two years later, Tung Chao Yung, the owner of Orient Overseas Container Line , a Hong Kong-based logistics company, contacted the Sumitomo staff. He was interested in buying their supertanker, but had one condition. Stopping a large ship like Seawise Giant immediately is not practical and safe once on the move. This is because the inertia generated by its immense size can shake things inside. Imagine sitting in a large, fully loaded, fast-moving bus, and the driver suddenly applies brakes.
“She was declared a total constructive loss and laid up in Brunei Bay. But the tides of fortune had other things in store for her.” Surrinder Kuman Mohan, a sailor who served as the captain of the Seawise Giant for 10 years, Because of its size, the ship also received widespread media attention. Some of its voyages were also featured in TV shows and documentaries.
Finally, when the vessel remained no longer suitable for storing tanks, it was sold to a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, India, and renamed Mont.
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