Which ship is the largest in the world? The first name that comes to mind is Titanic. Undoubtedly, the Titanic was at one time one of the most famous and largest ships in the world. However, there are many other giant ships that most of us have never even heard of.
TI-class supertanker
TI-class supertanker is a class of the largest double-hulled oil tankers, including four vessels “TI Africa”, “TI Asia”, “TI Europe” and “TI Oceania”. All four were built by the world's second largest shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea in 2002–2003 for the Hellespont shipping company. The length of the tankers is 380 meters, width 68 m, maximum speed 17.5 knots (32 km/h), capacity - 3,166,353 barrels.
Berge Emperor
Berge Emperor is a supertanker built by Mitsui Group in 1975 in Japan. It was launched on August 30, 1975. The ship belonged to the Norwegian shipping company Bergesen Dy & Co. but in 1985 it was sold to Maastow BV. On March 30, 1986, Berge Emperor was decommissioned and scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The length of the tanker was 391.83 m, weight - 211.360 tons, total payload - 423,700 DWT, maximum speed - 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h).
CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt
Eighth place in the ranking is occupied by the CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt, a container ship named after the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt. Owned by the French company CMA CGM. It is one of the largest container ships in the world. Its length is 396 m, maximum speed is 25.1 knots (46.5 km/h), and its capacity is 16,020 TEU.
Emma Maersk
In seventh place is a container ship owned by the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group - Emma Maersk. It was built in Denmark in 2006 and until November 2012 was the largest and longest container ship in the world. It is 397.71 meters long, 56.55 meters wide, has a maximum speed of 27.5 knots (50.93 km/h), and has a capacity of 14,770+ TEU.
Maersk Mc-Kinney Miller
Maersk Mc-Kinney Miller is a Triple-E class container ship owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk. It was built in South Korea and launched in February 2013 at the time the largest and longest container ship in the world. Its length is 399 meters, width 59 m, capacity 18,270 TEU, maximum speed - 23 knots (43 km/h).
Esso Atlantic
Esso Atlantic is a tanker built in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas in 1977. Owned by Esso International Shipping Co Ltd. The length of the tanker is 406.57 m, the total payload is 516.895 DWT, the maximum speed is 15.5 knots (28.71 km/h). After 35 years of operation, it was decommissioned and disposed of in 2002 in Pakistan.
Batillus
Batillus is a supertanker built in 1976 in the French city of Saint-Nazaire for Shell Oil. At the time of construction, it was one of the largest ships in the world, second in size only to the Seawise Giant. Its length is 414.22 m, width 63.01 meters, total payload capacity is 553,662 DWT, maximum speed is 16 knots (30 km/h). On October 17, 1985, company management decided to sell the ship for scrap for less than $8 million. Batillus made its last voyage from the Norwegian port of Vestnes to the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung, where it was scrapped on November 28, 1985.
Pierre Guillaumat
Pierre Guillaumat is a supertanker built in 1977 at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in the French city of Saint-Nazaire for the Nationale de Navigation company. Named in honor of the statesman, French Minister of Defense (1959-1960) and founder of Elf Aquitaine - Pierre Guillaume. Due to its gigantic size, the use of Pierre Guillaumat was very limited. It could not pass through either the Panama or Suez Canals, could not moor in most ports of the world, and due to unprofitability, the tanker was scrapped in 1983 after 6 years of operation. Its length was 414.23 m, width 63 m, total payload - 555,051 DWT, maximum speed 17 knots (31 km/h).
Mont
Mont (formerly Seawise Giant, Knock Nevis) is a supertanker built in Yokosuka by the Japanese company Sumitomo Group during 1979–1981. Mont had the largest deadweight and was the longest ship ever built. Its length is 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 m, total payload capacity of 564,763 tons (4.1 million barrels), maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). In the last years of operation it was used as a floating oil storage facility. In January 2010, the tanker was transported to the Indian port of Alang, where it was landed on a shoreline for further disposal.
Prelude FLNG
Prelude FLNG is the largest vessel on Earth, built at the South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries and developed by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for Shell Oil. Scheduled to be completed by 2017, the Prelude FLNG is a floating structure for the ocean floor production, liquefaction, storage and processing of natural gas. Its length is 488 meters, width 74 m, displacement - 600,000 tons. More than 260,000 tons of steel will be required to build it. The estimated cost of the vessel for 2013 was $10–12.6 billion.
