The least standardised part of the contract will be the shipping programme and nomination provisions, and it is these provisions that are the most abused or contested over the period of a lengthy COA.
Whales have minute eyes: those of a blue whale's are no larger than a small plate. 4.The whales' lungs can store at each inspiration 5,000 liters of air. They usually breathe at every 15 minutes but they can hold their breath up to over an hour in the case of the sperm whale. The humpback whale can dive to 250 m (833 ft) for 20 minutes. The blue whale's exhaling blow can be 12 m (36 ft) tall!
How long do blue whales live? Big blues live about as long as humans, averaging between 80 and 90 years. Scientists estimate a whaleâs age by counting the layers in a dead whaleâs earplugs, which are made up of a waxy substance. The oldest known blue lived to be 110 years old.