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In 1959 the 114,356 dwt âUniverse Apolloâ became the first tanker to pass the 100,000-ton figure: within a decade ships five times that size were being planned. The biggest oil tankers were built in the 1970s after the 1973 oil crisis. Thus a new generation of tanker was born, the VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers) and the ULCCs (Ultra Large Crude Carriers). The biggest oil tanker and biggest ship ever constructed â âSeawise Giantâ was built in 1979.
By types of ship, Greece ranked first in tankers with 1,217 ships, 118,621,414 dwt and 64,347,957 gt, followed by Japan with 938 registered tankers, 40,175,492 dwt and 21,660,620 gt. China ranked third with 531 ships, 32,954,543 dwt and 18,094,791 gt.