What is the largest ship now? The largest cargo ship in the world, Berge Stahl. Description of the tallest ship
Since ancient times, for a person the ability to swim like a fish was no less desirable than the ability to fly like a bird. What the body given by nature cannot do, the machines we built helped to accomplish. From the fragile boats of antiquity, humanity has grown to create huge cities on the water. The largest of them amaze even modern people accustomed to the achievements of progress with their combination of power and beauty.
The largest ships in the world: selection criteria
To name the biggest ship, there are at least two criteria: dimensions (length and width) and displacement (essentially the volume of the underwater part of the ship).
In addition, to determine the winner in individual categories, his ability to fulfill his main task is decisive. For a passenger ship, this is the number of passengers it can take on board and the number of cabins; for a dry cargo ship or tanker, this is the weight of the cargo being transported; for a container ship, this is the number of containers.
Sailboats and steamships
Before moving on to modern record holders, let's remember their predecessors, those who plowed the seas driven by the power of wind and steam.
Biggest sailing ship, ever left the stocks is the French barque France II. The ship had a displacement of almost 11 tons and a length of 146 meters. For only ten years - from 1912 to 1922 - it carried out regular cargo transportation, until the sailing ship, which ran aground off the coast of New Caledonia, was abandoned by its owners. The ship was finally destroyed in 1944 during a bombing.
The greatest steamship in history is the Great Eastern, launched in 1857. Its length is 211 meters, and its displacement is 22.5 thousand tons. The ship was driven by two wheels and one propeller, but could also sail. The main purpose of the vessel is passenger transportation; the Great Eastern could take up to 4,000 people on board. Unfortunately, the age of coal and steam was not kind to such large-scale projects - the operation of Great Eastern turned out to be unprofitable and was discontinued for economic reasons.
Absolute record holder
For many years, the winner in the nomination "The Most big ships in the world" was the tanker Knock Nevis. Built in 1976 in Japan, it changed names many times and underwent major restructuring. The champion acquired its final dimensions in 1981 (under the name Seawise Giant): 458.5 meters in length, 68 in width at displacement 565 thousand tons.
A huge tanker is a piece of equipment that is not so easy to find a use for. Due to its size, the ship had a low speed, a huge stopping distance (more than 10 kilometers!), could not pass through strategic shipping straits and could only moor in a few ports around the world.
You can see a photo of the largest ship on any website dedicated to the history of shipbuilding, but this giant has recently belonged to the past, just like sailing ships and steamships. In 2010, the ship, which had not been used for six years, was cut into scrap metal.
Hard-working giants
Like the Seawise Giant, the other largest ships are also cargo ships: tankers, bulk carriers, container ships.
The longest ship currently in use (397 meters) is the container ship Emma Maersk. According to various sources, its side can be lifted from 11 to 14 thousand standard containers. Since the designers were tasked with ensuring the passage of Emma Maersk through the Suez and Panama Canals, the width and draft of the ship were designed to be quite moderate. Therefore, the displacement of such a giant is “only” 157 thousand tons.
And the largest ships in the world in terms of displacement are four Hellespont supertankers. Although the length of each of them is 17 meters less than that of the leader among container ships, the displacement is one and a half times greater - 234 thousand tons.
The ore carriers of the Brazilian company Vale are not too inferior to them. The largest of them - Vale Sohar - has a displacement of about 200 thousand tons and a length of 360 meters. The maximum cargo that this giant is able to transport is 400 thousand tons.
Cruise beauties
Although passenger ships are not as large as cargo ships, they make an indelible impression. A cruise ship is not a means of transportation, but a luxury vacation destination. Big size The ship here serves not so much as an opportunity to accommodate as many passengers as possible on board, but rather to create all imaginable comfort that would satisfy the most demanding public.
The largest passenger ships are many times larger than the Titanic, which once seemed incredible. A pair of twin liners Allure of the Seas and Oasis in the Seas are unparalleled in size. 362 meters in length and 225 thousand tons of displacement - figures comparable to the largest cargo ships. Each of the liners can comfortably accommodate 6,400 passengers. In addition, 2,100 personnel serve on board (this is against several dozen sailors serving tankers and dry cargo ships).
Allure of the Seas or Oasis in the Seas offers shops, casinos, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, a fitness center, volleyball and basketball courts, a sauna and swimming pools. There is even a park with real trees and grass.
Sea storm
You cannot ignore the largest warships. These are now aircraft carriers. And this is understandable: no matter how hard aviation engineers work to reduce the take-off mileage of aircraft, the “winged sailors” still need a rather large path to take off from.
In the period before World War II, the most powerful naval powers built especially large warships - battleships. The largest of them is the flagship of the Japanese fleet, Yamato. 263 meters long, 40 wide, with a crew of 2,500 sailors - the battleship seemed simply invulnerable. However, the ship, launched in 1940, was sunk shortly before Japan's surrender.
The development of anti-submarine weapons has made such ships too easy a target. The ships laid down in those years were still in service (for example, the American battleships of the Iowa project), but the main focus in the post-war period was on aircraft-carrying ships.
The largest naval ship of all time was the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Its length is 342 meters, width - 78 meters. The ship carried up to 90 aircraft(airplanes and helicopters) that served 1,800 people. The total crew size is 3,000 sailors. After serving for more than half a century, the Enterprise was retired from service with the United States Navy in 2012. Now its place has been taken by Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, slightly inferior in size to their predecessor - the length of the largest modern aircraft-carrying ships is 333 meters.
The largest ships in Russia
Although Russian-made ships do not occupy top positions in the rankings largest ships world, but some models have no equal in their categories.
Thus, the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Peter the Great" is the world's largest non-aircraft-carrying combat strike ship. Dimensions of the cruiser: 251 meters - length, 28 meters - width, displacement - 28 thousand tons. Main task: countering enemy aircraft carrier formations.
There is also another record holder in service in the Russian Navy - the Akula submarine (project 941). The length of the boat is 173 meters, the underwater displacement is 48 thousand tons, the crew is 160 people. The submarine is equipped with a nuclear reactor and diesel power plants. The main weapons are intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
Among civilian ships, we should mention the largest nuclear icebreaker "50 Let Pobedy", which left the slipway in 1993. Perhaps, knowing what the largest ships in the world are, its 160 meters in length will seem frivolous, but still in its class this ship has no equal.
Giant at the shipyard
In addition to the ships themselves, modern shipbuilders are busy developing other sea giants- floating platforms. The amazingly sized structures can be used for a variety of purposes, from mining to launching spacecraft.
Right now, at the shipyards of South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries, the Prelude floating platform is being completed, which the customer, Royal Dutch Shell, plans to use for the production, liquefaction and transportation of natural gas. In 2013, the Prelude hull was launched. Its dimensions are more impressive than the largest ships in the world can boast. A photo of the unfinished giant became available to everyone interested.
The length of the vessel is 488 meters, width - 78 meters, displacement - 600 thousand tons. It is assumed that the platform will be moved using tugs. Only the lack of its own chassis does not allow the Prelude to be called a champion among giant ships. A platform is still not a ship.
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1. Tanker Knock Nevis (458 m.)
Knock Nevis is a Norwegian-flagged supertanker. During its existence, this supergiant has changed several names: Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont. Moreover, it managed to change not only the name, but also the dimensions, as well as the scope of its application.
Japanese shipyards received an order to build the largest tanker in the world in 1974. And five years later, in 1979, it was launched giant ship, striking in its size. But apparently this was not enough for the Greek shipowner. And he ordered an increase in the size of the tanker. The Seawise Giant (as it was then called) was then cut in half and additional sections were added to the middle. As a result, the dimensions of the world's largest ship took on the following values: length - 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 meters, mass of transported cargo - 564,763 tons, weight of the ship itself - 81,879 tons, steering wheel weight - 230 tons, propeller weight - 50 tons. Welded additional sections of the hull increased its deadweight (capacity) to 564 thousand 763 tons of oil, otherwise - to 658 thousand 362 cubic meters. The upper deck of the Knock Nevis could theoretically accommodate 5.5 football fields.
One of the main drawbacks of the supertanker, which predetermined its short operation, was the draft when fully loaded - 24.61 m (more than a 7-story building). Due to its enormous dimensions, as well as the risk of running aground, the ship could not pass through the Suez and Panama Canals, as well as through the English Channel.
In 1986, during the Iran-Iraq War, in the Strait of Hormuz, a tanker was attacked and sunk by Exocet missiles from the Iraqi Air Force. An Iraqi fighter fired at a unique tanker, which was then almost in Persian Gulf Exocet anti-ship missile. She sank in shallow waters off Kharg Island, prompting her to be raised and taken to Keppel Shipyard in Singapore in August 1988 by her new owner, Norman International. Ship repairers replaced 3.7 thousand tons of crumpled steel.
Anders Jahre bought the damaged tanker and towed it to Singapore for repairs. In 1989, after repairs, the tanker was renamed Happy Giant. In 1991, after another repair, the tanker was renamed Jahre Viking. In 2004, the tanker was purchased by a Singapore company and was subsequently used as a floating oil storage facility in the waters of Qatar, at which time the ship was named Knock Nevis. In 2009, the ship was transported to Alang, India, where it was forcibly stranded for disposal. In 2010, the ship was scrapped.
2. Container ship Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller (400 m.)
The container ship Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller was the first in a series of 20 Triple-E cargo ships ordered by Maersk Line Corporation. The giant is named after the son of the founder of the company that owns the container ship. Arnold Mersk McKinney Møller himself ran the family company from 1965 to 2003, was the richest Dane and lived to be 98 years old. But the vessel is designed for a service life of no more than 50 years.
The length of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller container ship is 399 meters, width – 59 meters, height – 73 meters. Its draft reaches 15.5 m. The vessel is equipped with two engines with a capacity of 43 thousand hp each. every. The vessel can reach speeds of up to 23 knots. If we line up all the containers, we get a wall of 111 km.
The ship was built at the shipyards of the South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in the city of Geoje (Gyeongsangnam-do province). The company is the second largest shipbuilding company in the world. The huge container ship was laid down on November 27, 2012, and has been in operation since July 2013. The cost of the vessel is $190 million.
Compared to previous similar vessels, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller has a 20% reduction in fuel consumption and a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. This makes it the most efficient vessel of its class. Maximum speed is 23 knots.
3. Container ship CMA CGM Jules Verne (396 m.)
Container ship "CMA CGM Jules Verne" IMO: 9454450, flag France, home port Marseille. Shipbuilder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Goeje, South Korea. Owner and operator: CMA CGM, Marseille, France.
The ship was named after science fiction writer Jules Verne (CMA CGM Jules Verne). Main characteristics: Displacement 160,000 tons, deadweight 186,470 tons. Length 396 meters, width 54 meters, draft 16 meters. Maximum speed 22.5 knots. Maximum capacity 16020 TEU. Crew: 26, mostly Croatians and Filipinos. The vessel meets the most stringent international environmental standards.
Some comparisons:
- length more than 4 football fields, or the Eiffel Tower;
- the engine produces energy sufficient for a city with a population of 16 thousand people;
- if 16,000 TEU are put on a line, its length will be 97 kilometers.
On May 3, 2013, the container ship "CMA CGM Jules Verne" set out on its maiden voyage from the port of Busan, South Korea, with a rotation of: Busan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Suez, Malta, Marseille, Tangier , Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Suez, Khor Al Fakkān, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang and Ningbo.
4. Container ship Emma Marsk (396 m.)
Emma Mærsk is a container ship owned by the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and built at the Lindoe shipyard in Denmark, which is part of Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd in 2006 (later 7 more ships of the same type were built). At the time of its construction, Emma Mærsk was the world's largest container ship. The length of the vessel is 396.84 meters, width 63.1 meters and height from keel to deck 30 meters. Displacement 156,907 metric tons. Emma Mærsk can transport up to 11,000 standard 20-foot containers (according to other calculation methods - more than 14 thousand). The Emma Maersk container ship can be loaded with twenty giant cranes simultaneously. By the way, despite its gigantic size, the ship’s crew is only 13 people.
The vessel is powered by a Wärtsilä-Sulzer 14RTFLEX96-C engine, currently the world's largest single diesel engine, weighing 2,300 tons, producing 109,000 horsepower (82 MW), consuming 6,291 liters of fuel per day. The vessel is equipped with several features to reduce environmental harm, including a heat capture system and combined heat and power generation. The Emma Mærsk's maximum speed for a container ship is quite respectable - 25.5 knots (more than 47 kilometers per hour).
8 thousand sensors are installed in the MO and holds, information from which is sent to a computer center located in the engine room CPU. The center completely controls the condition of the vessel. The center's remote monitors are located on the bridge and in the cargo operations center. Emma Maersk takes on board up to 1,000 40-foot refs. For fastening containers, special fastenings have been developed to ensure speed of operation.
Environmental safety is achieved on the ship thanks to a heat capture system, which helps save up to 10% of energy. But more importantly, because the ship is three times the size of any container ship that has sailed through the Panama Canal, the number of small ships it could displace would produce far more emissions than a single large ship.
5. Container ship MSC Daniela (366 m.)
In mid-December 2008, the construction of a container ship, the MSC Daniela, was completed at the Samsung Heavy Industry Shipyard in Geoje. It was built by the Swiss-Italian shipowner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). Its container capacity is approximately 14,000 TEU. The ship is 366 m long and 51 m wide; The draft is 15 m, and the height of the vessel above the waterline is about 53 m.
This container ship differs not only in size, but also in design. To provide better review from the navigation bridge, the superstructure on it is located in the front part of the vessel, which also makes it possible to increase container capacity and reduce the amount of ballast received. During the construction of the vessel, international rules for the protection of fuel tanks were observed: they are located in a protected area below the superstructure.
During the construction of the mega-container ship, especially strong steel was used, which made it possible to reduce the thickness of the skin, thus creating a lightweight and durable structure of the vessel and maintaining hull rigidity at an acceptable level.
6. Container ship CMA CGM Christophe Colomb (365 m.)
On November 10, 2009, the newest container ship was delivered from the South Korean port of the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard for the French shipping company CMA CGM Group. The new vessel, named “CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB”, has become the flagship of the international container shipping organization. Its capacity is amazing - 13,300 twenty-foot containers.
The length of the vessel is 365 meters, width 51 meters. Christophe Colomb is a new generation vessel equipped with the latest environmental technologies:
— An engine with an electronic injection system reduces fuel consumption and makes it possible to operate in “ecospeed” mode, thus reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
— Fuel tanks are protected by a double casing.
— The “Fast Oil Recovery” system is an innovative process for preventing pollution at sea.
The container ship “CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB” is also the only vessel so far equipped with the “Pre-Swirl Stator” device, which consists of the ability to change the angle of inclination of the propeller blades, which will significantly increase the efficiency of the vessel’s movement. Along with the function, this will optimize the hydrodynamics of the vessel and accordingly reduce fuel consumption.
CMA CGM also offers cruises on board its flagship, CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, which features a dedicated deck with spacious deluxe cabins. Traveling passengers have access to a library, a gym, a swimming pool, and a wardroom. Meals with the crew. The 13,800 TEU ships can accommodate up to 10 passengers in cabins ranging from 23 to 37 sq.m.
7. Cruise ship Oasis of the seas (360 m)
Oasis of the Seas (creative translation of Oasis of the Seas) is the first cruise ship of the Oasis class. American shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. signed on February 4, 2006 a contract for the construction of the first Oasis class vessel with the Finnish shipyard Aker Finnyards (since autumn 2008 STX Europe Cruise). Sea trials in the Baltic began on June 8, 2009 and ended in the middle of the month. On October 28, 2009, the ship was transferred to the shipping company. The construction of the liner cost the customer $1.5 billion.
Its length is 361 meters, width - 66 meters, displacement - 225,000 tons. The liner is equipped with 17 decks, 2,704 cabins, which can accommodate 6,360 passengers. More than 2,100 service personnel and crew work on board. There is ice rink, the largest casino in the world cruise fleet, its own theater with a capacity of 1,380 spectators, night and jazz clubs, a water park with swimming pools, shops, restaurants, bars and much more.
One of the many innovations of the Oasis of the Seas is Central Park– the first floating park in the world, where you can see 12,175 plants 93 different types, including 56 trees. The Boardwalk area includes a carousel, cafes, shops, clubs and an amphitheater. Another attraction of the ship is the Rising Tide bar in the Royal Promenade area - the first mobile bar on a cruise ship.
The vessel is equipped with 6 engines manufactured by Wärtsilä - three 12-cylinder and three 16-cylinder. Together, its propulsion systems generate a power of 96 MW, which allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 22.6 nautical knots.
8. Cruise ship Queen Mary 2 (345 m.)
RMS Queen Mary 2 is an ocean liner, the flagship of the British shipping company Cunard Line, owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Built and commissioned on January 12, 2004 at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyards in Saint-Nazaire in France, it was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time of its launch.
"Queen Mary 2" inherited the name ocean liner Queen Mary, launched in 1934. That, in turn, was named in honor of the English Queen Mary of Teck, wife of George V. On the way from Southampton to New York in August 1936, the first “Mary” set a speed record, breaking Atlantic Ocean in 3 days, 20 hours 42 minutes, and took the Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic from the French Normandie. Queen Mary's record was broken only in 1952.
Main characteristics: Displacement 148528 tons, deadweight 19189 tons. Length 345 meters, width 42 meters, draft 10 meters. Speed 29.6 knots. The power plant is four Wartsila 16V46CR diesel engines and two gas turbines with a capacity of 157,000 horsepower. The crew and maintenance personnel are 1253 people. The liner can accommodate 2,620 passengers, who will be accommodated in 1,310 cabins.
9. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (342.3 m.)
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is a US aircraft carrier. The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Commissioned in 1961. The first and only ship of its project, despite five more ships in the series planned for construction. The final cost of the Enterprise reached $451 million, which was one of the reasons why the construction of a series of ships was abandoned.
It has the greatest length (342.3 meters) among warships in the world. One load of nuclear fuel is enough for 13 years of service, during which time the ship can travel up to 1 million miles. The total ammunition capacity is 2520 tons.
The aircraft carrier became a symbol of US naval power and took part in almost all wars and conflicts that the US was involved in. In 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis, he took part in the naval blockade of Cuba. From the end of 1965 to the beginning of 1973. acted off the coast of North Vietnam six times, taking an active part in hostilities. In January 1968 and April 1969, he was off the coast of North Korea during a time of aggravation of relations with this country. In December 1971, during the War of Independence, Bangladesh operated in the Bay of Bengal, blockading the Indian fleet. In January-February 1973, after the end of the Vietnam War, he took part in raids on targets in Laos. In 1975, he participated in the evacuation of American citizens from South Vietnam. In 1988, he operated in the Persian Gulf, guarding Kuwaiti tankers during the so-called. "tanker war" He also participated in airstrikes against the Iranian fleet. In 1998, he took part in Operation Desert Fox, a missile attack on Iraq. In 2001-2002, 2006 he participated in the war against Afghanistan. In 2003-2004, 2006 he took part in the aggression against Iraq.
The Enterprise had many other world records:
- the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the 60s held the title of the largest ship (the total capacity of the Enterprise is 93 thousand tons),
- a phased array radar (SCANFAR) appeared for the first time on the Enterprise,
- the first ship with purely aviation weapons (cost overruns forced the designers to abandon any self-defense systems; only in 1967 were the first Sea Sparrow air defense systems installed on the ship)
- the largest number of nuclear reactors is installed on board the Enterprise
– as many as 8 pieces (a dubious achievement, which only speaks of the imperfection of nuclear technology in the 50s),
- the first ship with a nuclear power plant to take part in hostilities,
- in December 1969, during the Vietnam War, aircraft from the aircraft carrier Enterprise set a still unbroken record, completing 178 combat missions in one day,
- longest service in the active fleet (51 years),
— finally, the Enterprise is the first of the giant nuclear aircraft carriers to undergo the recycling process.
On November 4, 2012, the aircraft carrier completed its last 8-month voyage. In total, the aircraft carrier went to sea 25 times. Decommissioned on December 1, 2012.
10. Cruise ship Norwegian Epic (329 m)
Norwegian Epic is an F3 class cruise ship owned by Norwegian Epic Ltd. and operated by the American shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line was built in 2010 at STX Europe's Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France and cruises in the Mediterranean in the summer and will operate between Caribbean islands in the winter.
Main characteristics: Displacement 155873 tons, deadweight 10850 tons. Length 329 meters, width 40 meters, draft 9.2 meters. Average speed 22.5 knots. The ship can accommodate 4,200 passengers, served by 1,730 crew members. The cruise ship has 15 passenger decks with 2,100 cabins. The ship is equipped with 16 elevators, as well as stabilizers.
The ship's engine room occupies a third of the total space, and in some places has five floors. The engine room houses six diesel engines. This powerplant generates 108,000 horsepower. Two hundred-ton propeller shafts connect the installations with propellers, each of which has a diameter of 6 m.
Norwegian Cruise Line spent $1.2 billion to build it, which is the cost of six Airbuses.
Which can become a home for 30,000 people, and also accommodate an airport, a casino and several shopping centers.
Freedom Ship International Inc., headquartered in Florida, hopes to collect 1 billion dollars to build a huge ship that will become the world's first city on the water.
The ship will be approximately 1,370 meters, have 25 decks and will weigh no less 2.7 million tons.
The floating city will also have schools, hospitals, business centers, parks, walking areas, landscape architecture and even salt water aquariums.
In addition, the ship will have enough space for 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew members and 10,000 city residents.
According to the company, Freedom Ship will continuously sail around the world. The company also stated that it had already managed to raise the initial amount to start the project.
Nevertheless, to insure against unexpected situations, the company's management decided that it was necessary to wait some time and collect an additional amount of money before starting construction of the ship.
It is worth noting that in order to supply all premises with electricity, the ship will have great amount solar panels and wind electric generators.
Unfortunately, they will not be able to supply the entire ship with energy, which means that about 70% of the time, the city on the water will be anchored next to offshore wind farms.
The largest ships in the world
10. Roman Abramovich's yacht is the largest private yacht in the world, measuring 162.5 meters in length and weighing 13,000 tons.
9. The world's largest nuclear icebreaker is called 50 years of victory. Its length is 159.60 meters and its displacement is 25,168 tons. The vessel is equipped with the latest digital automatic control system. An environmental compartment was also created on the icebreaker, which boasts equipment for collecting and recycling the waste products of a new generation ship.
8. Some of the largest ships are those designed to carry other ships. One of these ships is named Dockwise Vanguard. Its length is 275 meters and it is capable of transporting cargo with a total weight of 110,000 tons.
7. Yamatowas a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was the world's largest warship, reaching 256 meters in length.
6. Gemini Allure of the Seas And Oasis of the Seas, built by Royal Caribbean, are the world's largest passenger ships, capable of supporting more than 225,000 tons. The length of each is 362 meters. Technically, Allure of the Seas is 50 mm longer than its brother.
5. Gemini FSO Asia And FSO Europe are supertankers capable of transporting cargo with a total weight of more than 236,000 tons. The length of each is 380 meters. Since they are too big to generate the desired income, this moment the ships serve as floating platforms.
4. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller has a length of 399 meters and a width of 59 meters. His goal is to pave a trade route between Asia and Europe, thereby making way for millions of products from China, Malaysia and Korea. The vessel can accommodate 18,000 containers, each measuring 6,096mm x 2,370mm x 2,591mm - enough to carry 36,000 cars.
3. Knock Nevis(also known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Jahre Viking) was a huge supertanker measuring 458.45 meters long and 69 meters wide. It was the largest ship in the world until it was scrapped in 2010. In its last years, the ship was used as a floating oil storage facility. One was so big it couldn't float across the English Channel.
2. Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat was no larger than the Knock Nevis, measuring 414.23 meters in length and displacing 274,838 tons. It was built and launched in 1977. Like all other supertankers of that time, the ship was too large. It could not sail through the Panama and Suez Canals, and had to sail by roundabout routes. The ship finished its work in 1983.
1. Freedom Ship Just a project for now, but when implemented, it will be large enough to accommodate an airport capable of accommodating a Boeing 737.
The largest store in the world
In China you can find the world's largest shopping center. It's called New Century Global Center, and it has everything and even more - besides the usual shops and cinemas, there is an artificial Mediterranean village.
The height of the center is 100m, length 500m and width 400m. The building was officially opened on June 28, 2013.
It is worth noting that the area shopping center few less area State of Monaco, and approximately 3 times the area of the Vatican.
Cruise ships are often called cities at sea, and this description is most accurate for them. To understand how huge such ships can be, a comparison can be made with the infamous Titanic. If it had been built in our time, it would not even be in the Top 50. In this list, I will tell you about the 10 largest cruise ships in the world, all of which were built relatively recently, after 2000. Many of them also have twin brothers, who are equally large in size.
Royal Carribean. Oasis of the Seas
This vessel weighs 225,282 tons, is 361.7 meters long and has an official capacity of 5,400 passengers in maximum luxury and comfort. Oasis of the Seas is one of the few ships that cannot sail through the Panama Canal. Not only is it too long for the canal, but it is also too tall and wide. On board you can feel like you are in a huge amusement park. Large-scale shows are held here, not inferior to Broadway, and sports fans can do anything, even rock climbing. The crew serving the ship and passengers numbers 2,400 people. 
Queen Mary II
This ship weighs 151,400 tons and is 345 meters long. The official capacity is 2640 passengers. To get an idea of how huge this ship is, you could put 80 large tourist buses bumper to bumper - that would be comparable in length to the Queen Mary II. At each end of the ship you can place football field, and there will still be room to install a whole Big Ben on the deck. At the time of construction in 2004, it was the largest ship in the world. 
Disney Dream
This ship weighs 130,000 tons and is 340 meters long. Disney Dream seats 2,500 people and is a miniature version of Disneyland at sea. There is a huge cinema and many other entertainment options, including a water park. 
Freedom of the Seas
The ship weighs 160,000 tons and is 339 meters long. The ship can accommodate 3,634 passengers. It is sometimes compared to a floating water park; it has water slides, many pools, a jacuzzi, and a wave simulator. There is also a water park for children called H2O and even a skating rink for ice skating enthusiasts. 
Splendida
This cruise ship weighs 137,936 tons and reaches 338 meters in length. Its capacity is 3274 passengers. The volume of space on board is simply colossal - it is one and a half million square meters, which exceeds the total volume of space, for example, the Eiffel Tower in Paris. 
Norwegian Epic
This vessel weighs 155,873 tons and is 329 meters long. Capacity - 4100 passengers. This a cruise ship was launched in 2010, it is so huge that 5 lifeboats had to be removed to enter New York Harbor. On board you will also find a lot of entertainment, restaurants, and attractions. There is even 24-hour pizza delivery to your room. We have already mentioned this ship, like many others, in our selection of the largest ship propellers in the world. 
Celebrity Eclipse
The weight of this vessel is 122,000 tons, and the length is 315 meters. Even if you lined up four Boeing 747s, they would still not exceed the length of this cruise ship. The ship has 19 decks, including a lawn deck where you can play croquet and bocce. 
Voyager of the seas
This vessel weighs 138 tons and is 311 meters long. It can accommodate 3114 passengers. This is one of the first supergiant cruise ships, it has everything you need for a comfortable stay - its own television studio, ice skating rink, mini golf course with nine holes and much more interesting things. 
Carnival Dream
The weight of this liner is 130,000 tons, and the length is 306 meters. Capacity - 3646 people. This ship is a real floating amusement park; there are even several cinemas with screens of different sizes. 
Princess Diamond
Rounding out the top ten largest cruise ships is a ship weighing 116,000 tons and 294 meters long, accommodating 2,670 people. Despite being in tenth place, it is several times larger in area than, for example, Buckingham Palace, or five times larger than the Taj Mahal. There are more than seven hundred high-class cabins with balconies. 
Tanker Knock Nevis Length - 458 m.
First on the list, and the largest ship in the world is - supertanker Knock Nevis. The length of this ship is 458 m, and the width is 68.86 m. The maximum speed is 13 knots. The ship's crew is 40 people. They built the largest ship in Japan, but it did not immediately shock us with its dimensions. It received larger sizes thanks to the new owner, who ordered its enlargement. After reconstruction, it weighed more than 825 thousand 614 tons and only then was it awarded the title of the largest ship that has ever sailed on water.
Container ship Emma Maersk Length - 396.8 m.
In second place was the Emma Marsk container ship, which is 396.8 meters long and just over 63 meters wide. The ship's carrying capacity is more than 123 thousand tons. Emma Marsk can transport more than 11,000 containers, and according to other data, more than 13,000. The owner of this giant turned out to be Arnold McKinney, who named it in honor of his wife Emma. Due to the size of this vessel, the Panama Canal remained closed to it.
Cruise ship Oasis of the seas Length - 360 m.
Third place goes to the cruise ship Oasis of the seas. It surpasses all existing cruise ships in size and technological innovations. The cost of the giant airliner currently amounts to over a billion dollars. Oasis of the seas weighs 220,000 tons, accommodates 6,360 passengers, and comfort and all amenities are provided to almost 3 thousand people from all over the world.
Liner Queen Mary 2 Length - 345 m.
In fourth place was the equally large liner Queen Mary 2. Its length is 345 m, but this ship is considered one of the most powerful and fastest ships in the world - only Queen Mary 2 has a speed of 30 knots. It is 76 meters longer than the Titanic meters, and named it in honor of the British Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Mary 2 is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the first liner to fly trip around the world in just 81 days.
Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Length - 342.3 m.
Fifth place is taken by the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Its length is 342.3 m, which is the longest among all warships. It went down in history as the first aircraft carrier with a nuclear power plant. They planned to create a whole line of such ships, but the first ship turned out to be too expensive - $451 million, so they decided to stop its construction.
Length - 340 m.
The Disney Dream cruise ship took a respectable sixth place. Its length is 340 m and width is 38 m. allows you to comfortably accommodate 4 thousand passengers. The ship's displacement is 128 thousand tons. There are plenty of play areas, swimming pools and water slides on board. Such a ship cost its owners $900 million. Its service staff numbers more than 1,500 people. Every detail on the ship suggests its owner - "Disnay". This ship can be called a fairy tale for children.
Length - 339 m
In seventh place was the 339-meter-long Freedom of the Seas. It differs from all other cruise ships in its spacious halls and huge rooms, which can comfortably accommodate hundreds of passengers. On board the ship there is even a skating rink, swimming pools, solariums and walls for those who like to climb Mountain peaks. What makes Freedom of the Seas special is that it has huge flat screens, which not all movie theaters have. The presence of Wi-Fi makes it more modern among all other record-breaking ships.
Length - 338 m.
Eighth place is occupied by Splendida with a length of 338 m. This ship has more than once been called the “Titanic of the 21st century” - huge, modern and at the same time elegant, it has become the dream of any traveler. No one will get bored on the ship - a variety of exotic treatments, swimming pools, saunas, massages will make your vacation truly a heavenly pleasure. Splendida is considered the largest ship ever produced by European countries.
Length - 329 m.
In ninth place was the Norwegian Epic, whose length is 329 m. It is the largest and most expensive ship produced by Norwegian Cruise Line. This ship can accommodate more than 4,200 people. The ship's displacement is about 135 thousand tons. The peculiarity of the ship is single cabins and freedom of action for tourists.
Length - 315 m.
Last on the list of the largest ships is Celebrity Eclipse. The ship is 315 m long and is the third ship launched by Celebrity Cruises Ltd. The maximum speed that a German ship can reach is 24 knots. Built in 2010, it can accommodate over 2,850 passengers, providing excellent service and an unforgettable experience.
Giant ships (Oases of the seas)Video