MAMMOTH TANKER OPERATION

This paper presents a summary of up-to-date operational experience with 326,000 DWT tankers under long-term charter to the Gulf Oil Corporation. It concludes that large size, so-called Mammoth Tankers are a definite contribution to the field of marine transportation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Annual Tanker Conference (15th)

  Seaview Country Club
  Absecon, NJ  United States 
• Authors:
  • Brodhead, W
• Conference:
  • Annual Tanker Conference (15th)
• Publication Date: 1970-4-27

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 146-159

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maneuvering; Performance; Ship operations; Ships; Supertankers; Tanker shipping; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship performance; Tanker economics
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034936
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1972 12:00AM