Transported by large ships. The largest ships in the world
A cargo ship called " Berge Stahl"is the largest in the world in the class of such sea vessels.
The owner is one of the largest Norwegian companies in the world " Bergesen D.Y. Shipping AS" It was founded in 1935. Its fleet numbers about 95 and sizes: , and other ships. The company employs approximately 3,500 people worldwide. Bulk carrier was built in 1986 at the largest shipyard in the world " Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries"and is designed for transporting iron ore. The ship's first owner was a ship-owning company from Liberia, then for $115,000,000 bulk carrier bought by a Norwegian corporation.
Name bulk carrier translated as " steel mountain" Vessel length" Berge Stahl» is the length of three and a half rugby fields and is equipped with ten separate cargo compartments into which ore is placed. Load capacity bulk carrier equal to 365,000 tons. The Eiffel Tower can easily fit on board, but the ship's cargo is iron ore. No one in the world can transport so much at one time. In one flight bulk carrier « Berge Stahl"will deliver enough ore to forge a bridge" Golden Gate" ("Golden Gate"). The cargo holds are so large that they use elevators or rock climbers to clean and paint them during periodic maintenance.
Golden Gate Bridge
Power point bulk carrier develops enough power to propel such a large vessel, and itself measures nine by nine meters. The propeller diameter is 9.5 meters and the rudder height is 9 meters.
bulk carrier "Berge Stahl" photo
giant cargo ship
The dangerous draft of the bulk carrier Berge Stahl requires careful planning of each route
on board the bulk carrier Berge Stahl
In port, the bulk carrier "Berge Stahl" always requires the help of tugs
bulk carrier "Berge Stahl" in the terminal
Bulk carrier "Berge Stahl" loading
Bulk carrier "Berge Stahl" unloading
Winners' names
Knock Nevis is the largest cargo ship in existence in the world. With a length of 466 and a width of 70 meters, its total cargo capacity is about 565 thousand tons (4.1 million barrels of oil). Of the cargo ships currently operating, the largest is Emma Maersk.
Norwegian super tanker Knock Nevis was built in 1979 and had the following names: Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking. Its draft in the water when fully loaded is 24.5 m, which does not allow the ship to pass through the English Channel, Suez or Panama Canal.
A little history
This ship was built in the 20th century by the company SUMITOMO OPPAMA SHIPYARD (Japan). Despite the fact that this ship was laid down in 1979, its dimensions remain unsurpassed to this day.
Knock Nevis is also the largest displacement ship in human history. Its crew consists of 40 people, speed - no more than 13 knots. Braking distances himself big ship in the world is more than 10 km.
Seawise Giant began to be built by order of a Greek tycoon, but he went bankrupt as a result of the oil embargo of the 70s. After which the ship was purchased by the Hong Kong tycoon Tung, who financed its completion. However, at Tung's insistence, the ship's deadweight was increased from 480,000 to 564,763 tons, making the Seawise Giant the world's largest ship.
Destiny - to carry oil
The tanker entered service in 1981, and initially transported oil from the Gulf of Mexico fields. Then he was transferred to transport oil from Iran. It was in the Persian Gulf that it was sunk. In 1986, during the Iran-Iraq War, in the Strait of Hormuz, the tanker was attacked and sunk by Iraqi Air Force aircraft with missiles. 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. Most likely, the company bought, raised and repaired the tanker mainly for prestige purposes. The refurbished Seawise Giant was renamed Happy Giant.
By 1999, he again changed his owner and name - he was bought by the Norwegian Jahare Wallem and renamed Jahre Viking.
How to dispose of bulk waste?
In March 2004, the giant got a new owner, First Olsen Tankers.
Different times have already come, and given the age of the tanker, they decided to convert it into a floating complex for storage and loading at the Dubai shipyards. After refitting, she received the name Knock Nevis, and was then deployed to the Al Shaheen field in Qatari waters.
In December 2009, the ship was sold for scrapping in India, and set off on its final journey under the name Mont. Its last photographs date back to January 2010, when the ship was laid up near the city of Alang (India) ready for disposal. Dismantling the largest ship in the world will last at least a year.
Giant monument to love
The largest cargo ship operating for its intended purpose is the ship Emma Maersk, built in 2006.
This one is enough new ship, perhaps the world's largest monument to love. The giant container ship, capable of captivating even those far from technology, was named by the shipowner tycoon who built it in honor of his deceased wife.
The giant container ship is also equipped with the world's largest internal combustion engine. And the capacity of this vessel, estimated according to the standard scheme, is 13.5-14.5 thousand TEU (these units are equivalent to 20-foot containers).
Owner A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, 93-year-old Arnold Maersk McKinney Moller ( Arnold Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller), immortalized his wife Emma, who died in December 2005, in the supership. Arnold lived with Emma in love and harmony for 65 years.
Only numbers
Now Emma is a beautiful gray-blue ship, the parameters of which are truly amazing. The length of the ship is 397 meters, width - 56 meters, draft - 15.5 meters. Gross tonnage - 171 thousand tons (gross).
Some of the largest moving objects created by man are ships. There are a large number of all kinds of ships used for a variety of purposes. There are quite a lot of huge ships, but there are even more big ones, so instead of listing them all, we decided to make a rating of the largest ships in their class, which included only 9 representatives, but what kind!
9 Yacht “Eclipse”
Our rating opens with the largest and most expensive yacht in the world, which belongs to one of richest people Russia to Roman Abramovich. The yacht was launched in 2009 in Hamburg and was equipped with a 12-seater mini-sub, a missile warning system, bulletproof glass, two helicopters with landing pads, four pleasure boats, 20 motor scooters and infrared lasers that prevent shooting with digital equipment. . The yacht itself consists of 9 decks, on which there is a cabin with an area of 500 square meters with a stage and a piano, a personal deck of the owner 56 meters long, 11 luxury cabins for 24 passengers, a gym with a sauna, a 16-meter long swimming pool, a cinema room, a dance hall, two kitchens and staff rooms for 92 people. The number of crew and maintenance personnel is 70 people. The length of the yacht is 162 meters, width – 21 meters, displacement – 13,000 tons. The cost of the yacht is 340 million euros.
8 Ulysses ferry
This world's largest passenger ferry is the pride of Ireland. It operates 4 flights per day, covering 230 kilometers per flight between the UK and Ireland. In addition to passengers, this ferry also carries a lot of all kinds of cargo, and the reason for this is the island lifestyle of the nation, which requires an inexhaustible turnover of goods, which depends on sea routes. The sea ferry “Ulysses” can be loaded and unloaded in 90 minutes thanks to its ingenious design, which allows loading and unloading on two decks simultaneously. There are 117 double and 110 single cabins on board.
From the boarding ramp, passengers enter a main lobby that rivals a luxury hotel. The cabins offer all the benefits of a regular hotel room, huge shopping mall, cinema and restaurants are on other decks. The passenger ferry is twice the size of its predecessors and is not afraid of ten-meter waves. The cargo-passenger ship has 12 decks and four kilometers of lanes for the movement of vehicles. Its length is 209 meters, width is 31 meters, displacement is 50,000 tons. The ferry can accommodate: trucks or trailers - 240 units, cars - 1342 units, passengers - 1900 people.
7 Livestock ship “Stella Deneb”
The world's largest livestock ship was launched in 1980. One of large companies livestock transportation Siba Ships carried out the world's largest livestock transportation in 2007. The route ran from the port of Townsville, Australia to one of the ports of Indonesia. 20,060 heads of cattle and 2,564 heads of sheep and goats were loaded on board the vessel “Stella Deneb”. To deliver the animals to the port, 28 trains were used. All transport was carried out under the vigilant supervision and control of veterinary services and met the highest standards. Delivery of such a batch of artiodactyls to the customer cost 11.5 million Australian dollars. The ship can carry cargo weighing up to 21,525 tons, its length is 213 meters and its width is 32 meters.
6 Ship transport ship "MV Blue Marlin"
This unique and impressive Norwegian ship is designed to transport unfinished or damaged ships, oil platforms, cranes, piers and other ships and structures that need to be transported by water. The MV Blue Marlin, for example, was used to transport a BP oil platform and a damaged US warship and even an entire oil refinery, whose transportation became the basis of one of the plots of the television show “Extreme Engineering” on the Discovery Channel, as well as TV show “Mega Movers”, which aired on the History Channel. The principle of operation of the vessel is that it dives several meters under water and floats under the object that needs to be transported. The ship is equipped with a gym, sauna, swimming pool and 38 cabins, which can easily accommodate 60 people. Length – 217 meters, width – 42 meters, height – 13 meters, carrying capacity – 56,000 metric tons, immersion depth – 10 meters.
5 Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
The world's largest American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the largest warship, was launched on May 13, 1972. Made his first trip to the Mediterranean Sea, becoming the first in ten years American ship with nuclear power plant, entered the Mediterranean Sea. In 1988, he provided security during the Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1991, he made a trip to the Persian Gulf and participated in Operation Desert Storm. Since 2003, he has been involved in the war in Iraq. The length of the ship is 332 meters, width - 76 meters, power - 260,000 horsepower, crew - 3,200 people, 90 helicopters can fit on board.
4 Tanker "Xin Buyan"
The largest operating tanker was built in the People's Republic of China in Guangzhou using its own Chinese technologies. Construction of the tanker began in 2008. Launched at the beginning of 2010. The Xin Buyan tanker, with a displacement of 350,000 tons, is currently the most modern and one of the largest in the world. The length of the ship's deck is 333 meters, which is more than the size of three football fields. The width of the tanker reaches 60 meters. "Xin Buyan" is designed to transport up to 308,000 tons of oil. As noted in China, the tanker is equipped with one of the most modern automatic navigation systems in the world; it is designed for any weather and is capable of committing circumnavigation in 60 days.
3 Bulk carrier "MS Vale Brasil"
The Brazilian cargo ship, the largest in the world, was launched on December 31, 2010. The ship's first cargo was iron ore weighing 391,000 tons, which had to be transported from a port in Brazil to China. This iron would be enough to build three Golden Gate Bridges in the United States, and there would still be some left. Due to the size of the bulk carrier, it can dock in only a few ports in Brazil, Europe and China. The ship has seven cargo compartments, the total area of which is almost 220 cubic meters. The length of the ship is 360 meters, width is 65 meters, the crew consists of 33 people.
2 Cruise ship Oasis of the Seas
Biggest a cruise ship was launched in the world on November 21, 2008. Baptism ceremony “Oasis of the Seas” took place on November 30, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. She set off on her maiden voyage from Oasis of the Seas on December 5, 2009. The program included a one-week cruise calling at St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and the Bahamas. At the time of the first voyage, only these ports could accommodate such a huge ship. Oasis of the Seas cruises throughout the year in the Caribbean. For the first time in the world, a park of 12 thousand exotic, living plants and shrubs and 56 trees was planted on the ship.
On board the ship there are swimming pools with Jacuzzis, a water park with a water arena, a casino, shops and boutiques where you can buy any food and clothing for every taste, restaurants and bars. There is a 750-seat water amphitheater with outdoor fountains, diving boards and diving towers and a 1,300-seat indoor theater, as well as the largest casino in the world's cruise fleet and much more. Maximum speed liner - 43 km/h. The body weighs 45,000 tons and consists of 480,000 parts. The length of the ship is 362 meters, width – 60 meters, height – 72 meters, power – 132,000 horsepower, crew – 2,165 people, number of passengers – 6,400.
1 Container ship “Emma Marsk”
The largest cargo ship is a container ship owned by the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. The ship was named by the owner of the shipbuilding company in honor of his late wife Emma. Emma Marsk travels approximately 170,000 nautical miles per year, which corresponds to more than 7 distances around the Earth. When fully loaded, Emma Marsk can accommodate 11,000 full 20-foot containers or 14,700 empty containers. March 18, 2011 Royal mint Denmark has issued a 20-kroner coin dedicated to the container ship Emma Marsk. The length of the vessel is 397 meters, width - 63 meters, height - 30 meters, carrying capacity - 123,000 tons, power - 109,000 horsepower, loading is possible immediately from 11 cranes, the captain's bridge is located on the 10th floor of the ship's superstructure. Due to the size of the vessel, the Panama Canal is closed to it.
The term “displacement of ships” comes up quite often. And although it is intuitively clear what it means, some people still do not fully understand what this important parameter means. Let's look at it.
What does a ship's displacement mean?
This parameter determines the volume of water displaced by the ship. The weight of water that a ship displaces is usually equal to the weight of the ship itself. Therefore, this parameter is expressed in tons, and not in volume. However, in the West it is customary to indicate this parameter in poods (which is also a weight unit). One ton is equal to 62.03 pounds. Therefore, if this parameter is equal to 10,000 tons, then this means that its weight is 620,300 pounds.
It is worth noting that the displacement of ships is a variable unit. It is always changing. A loaded ship traveling to one point will have the same weight; after unloading, its displacement becomes smaller. This also applies to fuel, which is consumed as the ship moves forward. So a ship leaves point “A” with one displacement and arrives at point “B” with another. Therefore, it cannot be said that the displacement of ships determines the weight of the ship, although this is only partly accurate. This parameter indicates exactly how much water is displaced per this moment. After all, even when one person comes on board, the displacement increases by 0.06-0.07 tons (the weight of one person).
Displacement of large ships
There are a lot of ships in the world with different weights of displaced water. But which ships are the leaders in this parameter? The size of some ships is simply amazing. And although some of the ships no longer sail, they still deserve attention as the largest and heaviest.
1st place - Prelude FLNG
The largest ship was built in 2013 in South Korea. It is 488 meters long and 78 meters wide. It is intended for gas transportation. 260 thousand tons of steel were used for its construction, and at full load the displacement is 600 thousand tons.
To make it easier to imagine the size and weight of this vessel, we can compare the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. This ship can carry up to 90 aircraft and helicopters, and has 8 nuclear reactors and 4 turbines on board. It also serves 4,800 people. And its maximum displacement is 93,400 tons, which is approximately 6 times less than the Prelude FLNG.
2nd place - Seawise Giant
This supertanker was built in 1979 and has been known by many names. In particular, it is called the queen of oceans and rivers. This Japanese ship was heavily damaged during the Iran-Iraq War. It was considered impossible to repair it, so the decision was made to flood it. However, it was then raised from the bottom, repaired and named Happy Giant. In 2009 it made its last trip. Her displacement was 657,018 when fully loaded.
3rd place - Pierre Guillaumat
Third place is rightly taken by Pierre Guillaumat. It was named after the French politician and founder of Elf Aquitaine, Pierre Guillaume. It was built in 1977, served for six years, and then was scrapped due to unprofitability. It turned out that the ship, due to its size, could not pass through Panama or Suez Canal, and also did not have the opportunity to enter many ports of the world. Consequently, its use was severely limited and sometimes it was irrational to drive it halfway around the world, bypassing the Panama or Suez Canal.
And although the ship turned out to be unprofitable and simply unsuccessful, it had a huge carrying capacity, and the vessel’s displacement reached 555 thousand tons.
4th place - Batillus
This supertanker was built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the famous oil industry corporation Shell Oil. Its carrying capacity was 554 thousand tons, speed - 16-17 knots. It rightly ranks fourth, but has not been used since 1985.
5th place - Esso Atlantic
In the history of ships, the name Esso Atlantic is one of the most popular. The length of the vessel was 406 meters, the carrying capacity was 516,891 tons. The ship served for 35 years as an oil tanker, but was scrapped in Pakistan in 2002.
6th place - Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
The famous company Maersk has created one of the world's largest container ships, the Mc-Kinney Moller, which boasts the largest carrying capacity among container ships. Its length was 399 meters. Given its dimensions, the ship turned out to be quite fast - its speed was 23 knots. The ship was built at the South Korean plant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
7th place - Emma Maersk
Once again, Maersk stood out by creating one of the. This vessel is still in operation (it was launched quite recently - in 2006). Its capacity is 11 thousand containers (11,000 TEU), and its length reaches 397 meters.
Finally
And although these ships are the largest today, this is only for a while. Technologies are improving, and in the near future we will be able to see new, more spacious ships. It is also worth noting that the above vessels are leaders in terms of displacement, but they are not the largest. After all, the dimensions of a ship do not indicate its weight and ability to transport large loads.
So, we have defined the displacement of the vessel. The main thing here is to understand that this parameter is not constant, it changes during loading, unloading, and fuel combustion.
