Seen in 1980, discharging crude oil at the now long-gone Shell Haven oil refinery in the Thames and photographed after a long walk over marshland to the remote Lower Hope Point on the Kent side of the river. The site of the Shell refinery is now occupied by the London Gateway container terminal. MESSINIAKI AIGLI was the lead ship in a series of 18 clean/dirty product tankers ordered by Karageorgis in the late 1960s, with delivery from 1969 to 1973. Three of them were managed for the Chandris group
17,485 grt; 30,243 dwt; 24 cargo tanks
Operated by Michael A Karageorgis SA, Athens, Greece
Built 1969 by IHI - Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Ltd, Aioi, Japan. Yard no: 2080
Main engine: seven-cylinder, two-stroke IHI-Sulzer 7RD76 of 11,200 bhp at 119 rpm. Speed 16 knots.