Bromale
Shell Tanker Liparus, Lisnave Shipyard, December 1978
Liparus enters the drydock already occupied by two 30,000 DWT Esso Product carriers, one of which is the Esso Bayonne.
Pretty much all of what can be seen here has been swept away. Back then ships were typically dry-docked every couple of years for re-painting and general repairs / modifications. Today, seldom would they need to visit a ship yard, certainly no more frequently than five years or more. The market for yards such as Lisnave, which were developed to service the convoys of supertankers that ploughed between the Persian Gulf and North West Europe - a trade that no longer exists, collapsed particularly as European yards could not compete with those in the East that could exploit cheap (slave) labour.
Shell Tanker Liparus, Lisnave Shipyard, December 1978
Liparus enters the drydock already occupied by two 30,000 DWT Esso Product carriers, one of which is the Esso Bayonne.
Pretty much all of what can be seen here has been swept away. Back then ships were typically dry-docked every couple of years for re-painting and general repairs / modifications. Today, seldom would they need to visit a ship yard, certainly no more frequently than five years or more. The market for yards such as Lisnave, which were developed to service the convoys of supertankers that ploughed between the Persian Gulf and North West Europe - a trade that no longer exists, collapsed particularly as European yards could not compete with those in the East that could exploit cheap (slave) labour.