During the chaos of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraqi warplanes launched a bold strike on an offshore terminal in the Strait of Hormuz ...

With its massive size and equally sizeable turning radius, the Seawise Giant was not an agile ship. It mainly shuttled large shipments of oil from the Middle East to the USA, capitalizing on its ...

The Seawise Giant sailed the oceans for over 20 years before its retirement and dismantling the colossal vessel required more than a year and the efforts of 18,000 workers. No ship of such ...

Today’s ships are more than twice the size of those built in the 1990s. The Week. US Edition. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE. Less than $3 per week. ... the supertanker Seawise Giant).