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SS Bursa
''Bursa'' was a tanker that was built in 1941 as ''Empire Crest'' by Sir J Laing & Sons, Sunderland, United Kingdom. She was built for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Bursa''. She served until she was scrapped in 1961 Description The ship was built in 1944 by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Yard number 760, she was launched on 7 July and completed in September. The ship was long, with a beam of . She was assessed at . Her DWT was 5,168. The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine. History ''Empire Crest'' was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd. The Official Number 180143 was allocated. Her port of registry was Sunderland and the Code Letters Code letters or ship's call sign (or callsign) Mtide Taurus - IMO 7626853"> SHIPSPOTTING.COM >> Mtide Taurus - IMO 7626853/ref> were a method of identifying ships before the introduction of mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd
Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. It is one of the oil and gas " supermajors" and by revenue and profits is consistently one of the largest companies in the world. Measured by both its own emissions, and the emissions of all the fossil fuels it sells, Shell was the ninth-largest corporate producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the period 1988–2015. Shell was formed in 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom. The combined company rapidly became the leading competitor of the American Standard Oil and by 1920 Shell was the largest producer of oil in the world. Shell first entered the chemicals industry in 1929. Shell was one of the " Seven Sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
