Allseas Make Waves with Record-Breaking 'Double Supertanker'

Author: Sylvia Pfeifer

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A SWISS-BASED shipping group has begun work on what will be the biggest ship ever built.

The Pieter Schelte, envisaged as two supertankers joined in a catamaran design, will be used to decommission oil platforms in deep- water areas.

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Allseas Make Waves with Record-Breaking 'Double Supertanker'

It is the brainchild of Edward Heerema, the president of Allseas, the shipping and engineering group. The ship will be designed so that...