Tankers show the way forward

2011-10-01T00:00:00

This Mitsubishi-built, MAN-designed, unit was the first large-bore 12-cylinder Diesel engine to be delivered

It was tankers that provided the headlines in the October 1961 issue of The Motor Ship. A glimpse of the future came from the fact that three separate contracts had been placed, all with Japanese builders, for large gas-carrying tankers.

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