Top 10 Largest Ships in the World

10. Q-Max

Q-Max is a type of ship, specifically a membrane type liquefied natural gas carrier . In the name Q-Max, "Q" stands for Qatar and "Max" for the maximum size of ship able to dock at the LNG terminals in Qatar. Ships of this type are the largest LNG carriers in the world.A ship of Q-Max size is 345 metres (1,132 ft) long and measures 53.8 metres (177 ft) wide and 34.7 metres (114 ft) high, with a draft of approximately 12 metres (39 ft). It has an LNG capacity of 266,000 cubic metres (9,400,000 cu ft), equal to 161,994,000 cubic metres (5.7208×10⁹ cu ft) of natural gas. Q-Max LNG carriers were ordered in 2005. They are to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The first Q-Max LNG carrier was floated out of dry-dock in November 2007. The first trip by a Q-Max tanker was completed by  Mozah itself on 11 January 2009, when the tanker delivered 266,000 cubic metres of LNG to the Port of Bilbao BBG Terminal.

Short Overview

Name: Q-Max

Type: LNG Carrier

Builders: Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

Length: 345 m (1,132 ft)

Capacity: 266,000 m³ (9,400,000 cu ft)

Cost: $400 Million

Speed: 19.0 Knots (0.7 km/h; 0.4 mph)

9. RMS Queen Mary 2

RMS Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a transatlantic ocean liner. She is the only major ocean liner built since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the Cunard Line. The ship was designed by a team of British naval architects led by Stephen Payne, and was constructed in France by Chantiers de1'Atlantique in 2003. At the time of her construction, Queen Mary 2 was the longest passenger ship ever built. Queen Mary 2‍ '​s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. There are also kennels and a nursery on board.

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Name: Queen Mary 2

Type: Ocean Liner

Builder: STX Europe Chantiers de 1'Atlantique, Saint Nazaire, France.

Length: 1,132 ft (345 m)

Capacity: 2,620 passengers

Cost: $900 Million

Speed: 30 Knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

8. Oasis Class

The Oasis class is a class of Royal Caribbean International Cruise Ships which are the world's largest passenger ships. The first two ships in the class, Oasis of the seas and Allure of the seas, were delivered respectively in 2009 and 2010 by STX EuropeTurku Shipyark Finland. he Oasis-class ships surpassed the earlier Freedom-class ships as the world's largest and longest passenger ships. Oasis also is 8.5 metres (28 ft) wider. Oasis-class vessels can carry over 5,400 passengers.

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Name: Oasis Class

Type: Cruise ship

Builder: STX Finland Turku Shipyard, Finland & Chanties de 1'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France.

Length: 360 m (1,181 ft)

Capacity: 6292passengers

Cost: $1.4 Billion

Speed: 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph)

7. Valemax

Valemax ships are a fleet of very large ore carriers (VLOC) owned or chartered by the Brazilian mining company Vale S.A to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports. With a capacity ranging from 380,000 to 400,000 tons deadweight, the vessels meet the Chinamax standard of ship measurements for limits on draft and beam. Valemax ships are the largest bulk carrier ever constructed, when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, and are amongst the longest ships of any type currently in service. In 2008, Vale placed orders for twelve 400,000-ton Valemax ships to be constructed by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries (RSHI) in China and ordered seven more ships from South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in 2009. In addition sixteen more ships of similar size were ordered from Chinese and South Korean shipyards for other shipping companies, and chartered to Vale under long-term contracts. The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil, was delivered in 2011. Initially, all 35 ships were expected to be in service by 2013, but as of June 2015 one ship is still under construction.

Short Overview

Name: Valemax
Type: Bulk Carrier
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea, Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries, China, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX Jinhae), South Korea, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX Dalian), China, Bohai Shipbuilding, Heavy Industry, China.

Length: 360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft)

Capacity: 400,000 tons
Cost: $1.6 Billion

Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

6. Ti Class 

The TI Class of ships are currently the four largest ships in the world. The Maersk Triple E class container ships are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above deck containers. All four oil tankers were constructed for shipping company Hellespont by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2002/3. The class was originally named Hellespont Alhambra, Hellespont Fairfax, Hellespont Metropolis and Hellespont Tara. In 2004 the class was jointly purchased. These ships are wider than the new Panama Canal locks and will be unable to pass through when the new locks open.

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Name: TI Class
Type: Ultra Large Crude Carrier 

Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo-Dong, South Korea
Length: 380 m (1,246 ft 9 in)

Capacity: 3,166,353 Barrels
Cost: 1.24 Billion

Speed: 16.5 Knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)

5. Pioneering Spirit

Pioneering Spirit is the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel built for All seas Company. The ship is also by far the world's largest vessel overall ever constructed in terms of its gross tonnage of 403,342 gt, as well as its breadth (123.75 m/406 ft) and displacement (900,000 metric tons). The vessel was designed by a Finnish engineering company Deltamarin. The main construction was done at Daewoo shipyard, Korea and final completion will be in the Netherlands.

Short Overview

Name: Pioneering Spirit]

Type: Crane Vessel

Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, Geoje
Length: 382 m (1,253 ft)
Capacity: 48,000 tons
Cost: $2 Billion

Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

4. CSCL Globe

MV CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes, it was the largest container ship in the world at the time of its launch in November 2014, with a maximum capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot containers. The CSCL Globe and its four sister ships were ordered by CSCL in May 2013. The ship was constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, with the first steel for the hull cut in January 2014.

Short Overview

Name: CSCL Globe
Type: Container Ship
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries
Length: 400 m (1,312 ft)
Capacity: 19,100 TEU
Cost: $700 Million

Speed: 22.0 knots (41 km/h)

3. Esso Atlantic

Esso Atlantic built 1977. 1983 Transferred to Banamian flag owned by Esso International Shipping (Bahaman) Co Ltd, nassau.

Short Overview

Name: Esso Atlantic
Type: Oil Tanker
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Ariake Yard, Japan

Length: 406.57 m (1,333.9 ft)
Capacity: 242 long tons
Cost: $150 Million

Speed:  16 Knots (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)

2.Batillus-class supertankers

 

The Batillus-class supertanker was a class of tanker ships built in France at the end of the 1970s. Four such ships were built between 1976 and 1979—serving until the final one was scrapped in 2003. They were built in the Bassin C dock of the Chantiers de1'Atlanti shipyards at Saint Nazaire, France. Measured by gross tonnage, these were the largest ships of any type ever constructed. While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage, the four Batillus class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant.

Short Overview

Name: Batillus Class
Type: Oil Tanker
Length: 414.22 m (1,359.0 ft)

Capacity: 554,000 tons

Speed: 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)

1. Seawise Giant

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. She possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. she was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal . Overall, she was generally considered the largest ship ever built. Seawise Giant was ordered in 1974 and delivered in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd at their Oppama shipyard in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan as a 418,611 ton ULCC. The vessel was sold to Indian ship berakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, she was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap. 

Short Overview

Name: Seawise Giant
Type: Oil Tanker
Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan

Length: 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft)

Capacity: 657,000 tons
Cost: $6 Billion
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

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