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Large tonnage
The majority of ships scrapped on Pakistani beaches are oil tankers. Pakistani breakers are specialised in large tonnage vessels. In 1999 the country was the third largest shipbreaking nation but recent years have seen a decline in the industry in the area.

Crude oil tankers However since September 2001 some very large crude oil tankers have sailed to the scrapping beaches of Pakistan. Below are some of the oil tankers that were spotted sailing towards Gadani Beach:

  • Energy (Crude oil tanker, 96,493 DWT* from 1974) sold for US$2.68 million
  • Corona Star (Crude oil tanker, 232,750 DWT* from 1976) sold for US$8.10 million
  • Ocean Jewel (Crude oil tanker, 273,711 DWT* from 1975) sold for US$5.51 million
  • Andros Georgios (Crude oil tanker, 232,719 DWT* from 1976) sold for US$4.67 million
  • Seascout (Crude oil tanker, 87,801 DWT* from 1975) sold for US$2.48 million
  • Daring (Crude Oil tanker, 87,366 DWT* from 1976) sold for US$2.34 million
  • Jade (Crude Oil tanker, 173,847 DWT* from 1976) sold for US$3.49 million
  • Sea Spendour (Crude Oil tanker, 409,400 DWT*) from 1978 sold for US$6.19 million
Greek company A 'sistership' of the scrapped oil tankers Jade and Daring is the oil tanker called Violet. All three are controlled by the Greek company Dynacom Tankers. The Violet was sold in May 2002 to Bangladeshi shipbreakers. Containership Dal Kalahari, a ship controlled by the German company Transoceans Shipmanagement just like the scrapped Corona Star, is nominated on the list of ships in the spotlight.

* = dwt (dead weight tonnage) represents the nett weight of a ship.



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