Monaco’s Sea World Management has delved into the 1980s American rock music scene for the name of its latest ship.
Sea World Management’s first tanker purchase in years has seen a ship rechristened Paradise City, the name of one of the most famous songs by Guns N’ Roses, which featured on their 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction.
, the name of one of the most famous songs by Guns N’ Roses, which featured on their 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction.Sea World Management paid Stamatis Molaris-led Empire Navigation $26m for the 14-year-old, Korean-built, 50,000 dwt ship, formerly called Tigris.
Contained in the song are lyrics which could pertain to the business of shipping: “Rags to riches or so they say, Ya gotta keep pushin’ for the fortune and fame, You know it’s, it’s all a gamble when it’s just a game.”
