The Top Ten Largest Oil Tankers Ever Built

2. Pierre Guillaumat

• DWT: 555,051
• Length overall: 454.423m
• Years in Service: 1977-1983
• Status: Scrapped

The supertanker Pierre Guillaumat was  built in 1977 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie Nationale de Navigation. Due to unprofitability, accentuated by the huge dimensions of the ship which placed restrictions on where she could be employed, the Pierre Guillaumat was put on hold at Fujairah anchorage in February 2, 1983. Later the same year the Pierre Guillaumat was purchased by the Hyundai Corporation and arrived to demolition in Ulsan, South Korea on October 19, 1983.