The biggest ships. The biggest ship in the world: photo

When Noah was told to build the ark, he received all the necessary design data and technological instructions. Judging by the divine terms of reference, the ark was three hundred cubits long, fifty in width, and thirty in height. Impressive, of course, but to measure elbows the modern largest vessel in the world is a very tedious occupation. The length of the Prelude FLNG is 929 and a half of the Egyptian Tsar's elbows.

Floating factory for liquefying gas

The title of the largest floating object is a rolling thing, the purpose of such structures can be very different, and when the specialists see a reasonable limit, it is unclear.

At the South Korean shipyard for Shell, a hull for the floating factory Prelude FLNG was built. Its purpose will be to extract natural gas at the ocean floor, recycle it into a liquefied state and pump it to special tankers-gas carriers. As of mid-2015, it is the largest vessel in the world. Under the plan in 2017 this monster should stand somewhere off the coast of Australia and with might and main to extract blue fuel from the bowels. It can store as many of it as it takes for a year to an average metropolis.

The length of this vessel is 488 m, its width is 74 m, 260 thousand tons of steel is used for the construction - this is more than for the twin towers of the shopping center in New York, it is equal to six aircraft carriers by displacement. Prelude FLNG can become a real prelude to the emergence of a whole fleet of such vessels, because experts say that there are significant advantages to this method of gas production - economic and environmental.

Dockwise Vanguard

In January 2012, a Concordia cruise ship jumped on the coastal stones off the Italian island of Giglio, received a hole and, having overturned, sank. More than 30 people died. From the passenger it was the largest ship in the world with which such a catastrophe happened. When it was required "to remove the garbage", i.e. to transport Costa Concordia far away, one of the largest and most unusual ships in the world came to the rescue.

Dockwise Vanguard - the largest ship in the world, designed for the transport of particularly large and heavy loads. It belongs to the semisubmissive type. To accommodate cargo on a huge deck (ship overall dimensions: length - 275 m, width - 79 m) seawater is filled with special ballast tanks, and the ship is submerged to the required depth. The cargo is towed and held over the ship, which, floating up, takes weight on its board. The cargo is rigidly fixed, and the ship with a speed of about 12 knots follows the route required. The spectacle of a labor ship carrying thousands of miles of huge oil platforms will impress anyone. Therefore, the transportation of the Concordia ship to Genoa, where it was disposed of, for Dockwise Vanguard is a "seed".

Container ship

The more containers that can be loaded onto the deck and carried as fast as possible across the seas and oceans, the more profitable these shipments will be. Therefore, such vessels occupy the first places among ships in size and power of power plants.

For 2015, the championship is held by CSCL Globe, built in South Korea and owned by a carrier from China. Its length is 400 m, width - 58.6 m, lifting capacity 184 605 tons.

For the sake of providing an amazing speed of 16 knots for the vessel, the world's largest internal combustion engine with a capacity of 77200 horsepower, with a height of five-story building, was manufactured. It is supposed to produce several such container ships. And these will be the largest ships in the world, capable of transporting at a time such a number of containers in which you can hide the property of the inhabitants of a small town.

Valemax

Among the ships, which, due to their destination, were to be hit by their size, there were always dry cargo ships and ore carriers - bulk carriers, that is, loaded in bulk. To fill the largest ships in the world carrying ore, 12,000 huge mining dump trucks are needed - this is about 400 tons.

The 362-meter-long and 65-meter-wide width makes Vale Brasil ore carriers a very visible object even in the Atlantic and Pacific expanses. Moreover, the Brazilian suppliers of ore have the task of increasing the profitability of their products when delivering it by sea, and they have already ordered a whole flotilla of bulk carriers of this series in the shipyards of Southeast Asia, and soon it will not be able to push through the Atlantic expanses ...

Oasis of the Seas

Today, the infamous "Titanic" can really impress its size only in the movies, shot by a great director. It is five times smaller than the largest passenger ship in the world - Oasis of the Seas, built in Finland, operated by an American cruise company and flying the flag of the Bahamas.

Not all ports can accept this ship, in some it can not enter without causing or receiving serious damage. The length of the body is 360 m, the largest width is 61 m, the height from the water surface to the top of the pipe is 25-storey house. "Oasis in the Ocean" - the largest cruise ship in the world, designed to provide 6400 passengers an unforgettable experience. For this, the ship provides everything: the world's largest cruise casino, water park, theater, in which the show goes without a break, surfing pools, golf course, sports grounds. For lovers and lovers of solitude, a park with real trees and shrubs is planted, where you can safely find a place to stay alone or relax alone.

To adequately serve passengers and the largest vessel in the world, the crew has been brought to 2,165 people. It seems that there is a case on such an ark.

Floating City Freedom Ship

Unlike all previous ships that are already surfacing the seas, "Ship Liberty" is so far only an idea, although the firm that is engaged in this project has already announced full readiness for the beginning of construction. Ship-floating city - will be able to accommodate 50 thousand, living permanently on it, and about 30 thousand guests. It is supposed to create an infrastructure similar to that necessary for a small city, with all the facilities for full-time work and recreation. On numerous decks will be located residential and work areas, schools, stadiums, swimming pools. Park areas with real green spaces will make for all residents a comfortable stay outside the land.

After the construction is completed, it will definitely be the largest vessel in the world. Photos on which one can see the supposed appearance of the future ark, are shocked by the scope of the idea. At the upper level, it is planned to place an airfield capable of taking serious airliners. To ensure the floating city will be built a whole network of solar and wind power plants.

The design length is 1370 m, the total number of levels is 25. For such a boat on the planet there is no suitable harbor, so "Freedom" will be in constant round-the-world voyage.

Our Blue Planet

According to one of the versions of the origin of life on Earth, all the living things came out of the water. Considering how many people do not think of life without the sea in either business or leisure, it can be assumed that the top of the largest sea vessels will be constantly updated.