Stavros Niarchos — Greek Businessman born on July 03, 1909, died on April 16, 1996

Stavros Spyros Niarchos was a multi-billionaire Greek shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both the Suez Crisis and an increasing demand for oil, he and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in global petroleum shipping... (wikipedia)

No one wants to stoke coal if he can regulate an oil valve instead.
You can never tell what ships are worth.