Lightning from the storm set fire to an oil supertanker in Houston, causing three indirect deaths and 13 injuries.
In 1985, Caltex's new oil supertankers were unable to navigate Hervey Bay, which led to the closure of the Urangan Pier.
After the war, his ships transported oil around the world and he pioneered the construction and use of the new oil supertankers in the 1950s.
The ship in question was an American-owned oil supertanker flying the I1[*thorngg'bmian flag of convenience.
The Greenpeace campaign achieved a ban on oil supertankers in Puget Sound and an end to plans to construct the Northern Tier Pipeline.
"These missiles are potentially capable of sinking an oil supertanker and blocking the channel."
During the 1970s and 1980s, South Korea became a leading producer of ships, including oil supertankers, and oil-drilling platforms.
Fishing is dangerous in the area, and many small fishing boats have been involved in collisions with large commercial vessels such as container ships and oil supertankers.
She has an oil supertanker named after her, a result of being on the Chevron Corporation board.
A few larger ships have been built, but they were all oil supertankers and have now been scrapped; Seawise Giant was the largest of all.