Largest Oil Tanker
Series
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- Pathe News
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Story
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- 6 / 6
- Summary
- The world’s biggest ship, the huge Universe Ireland, arrived from Kuwait at the end of her maiden voyage with 312,000 tons of crude oil on board. The tanker has set a new pattern in oil shipping by making its owners completely independent of the Suez Canal.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats
- Locations
- Bantry
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Martin Rolfe
- Camera
- Robert Monks
- Camera
- William Jordan
- Length of story (in feet)
- 193
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'Largest Oil Tanker', Pathe News Issue No. 68/89, 3 Nov 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/113321 (Accessed 10 Jun 2025)