Talk:Batillus class supertankers

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Doesn't anybody have more information on these ships and why they had such short lives? Jason404 (talk) 04:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

• In response to your question why they had such short lives, I'm more or less quoting the relevant sections of an e-mail from Auke Visser. (I e-mailed him with your question; his website is under the article's References.) The ships were ordered around 1974/75, when the 1973 oil crisis had started and the demand for oil grew. After the crisis, the demand declined. Also, the export of oil started from Alaska, Russia, North Sea, and new oil fields in Gulf of Mexico. Finally, less tankers were required now that oil could be extracted nearby. The Batillus class supertankers had a double propulsion and their fuel usage was just too much, they were too large to enter most havens, and they had many technical problems that required expensive and time consuming repairs. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 23:37, 10 March 2008 (UTC)