The size of oil tankers had seen a rapid increase in the mid-seventies due to abundance in oil trade, and as a result, for the first time, tankers of deadweight in the ranges of 100000-200000 lakh metric tonnes were constructed in Japan to be able to carry more quantity of oil in a single voyage, and hence reduce the freight costs for more profits. More @Wikipedia
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