Tuesday, April 29, 2008

For People With Record-Keeping Inclinations

Some of the World’s Longest Ships:
  
Name: Knock Nevis
Ships in class: 1
Type: Supertanker
Length: 458 m / 1,504 ft
Disp.: 564,763
Status: FSO
Main Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Operator: Fred Olsen Production

Name: Batillus class
Ships in class: 4
Type: Supertanker
Length: 414 m / 1,358 ft
Disp.: 550,000
Status: All scrapped
Main Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Operator: Societe Maritime Shell

Name: Esso Atlantic class
Ships in class: 2
Type: Supertanker
Length: 406 m / 1,334 ft
Disp.: 516,000
Status: All scrapped
Main Builder: Hitachi Heavy Industries
Operator: Exxon

Name: Esso Pacific
Ships in class: =
Type: Supertanker
Length: 406 m / 1,334 ft
Disp.: 516,000
Status: Scrapped
Main Builder: Hitachi Heavy Industries
Operator: Exxon

Name: Emma Maersk
Ships in class: 4
Type: Container Ship
Length: 397 m/1,302 ft
Disp.: 170,974
Status: In service
Main Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard
Operator: A.P. Moller- Maersk Group

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