Given a sentence in Somali language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Somali sentence: Inkastoo qaar ka mid ah ay si toos ah u socdaalayaan, maaddaama maraakiibta siyaadada ah ay ku sameeyeen 1970??
Unless some of them are going directly to lay-up, just as the surplus tankers did in the 1970's??