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Supertanker -Knock Nevis

The Knock Nevis is a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) currently owned by the

Norwegian company Fred Olsen Production. The unit was previously a supertanker and as suchheld the record for the world's largest ship. As a tanker the ship was known under the namesSeawise Giant,Happy Giant, andJahre Viking.

General Characteristic

Tonnage: 260,941 GT (214,793 NT)

Length: 458.45 m (1,504.10ft)

Beam: 68.8 m (225.72ft)

Draft: 29.8 m (97.77ft)

Capacity: 564,650 DWT

Knock Nevis was built in 1979 at Sumitomo Heavy Industries's Oppama shipyard as SeawiseGiant. The ship was built for a Greek owner who was unable to take delivery of the ship.

The shipyard then exercised its right to sell the ship. A deal was brokered with Hong Kongshipping magnate C. Y. Tung founder of the shipping line Orient Overseas Container Line.

A deal was reached, but Tung required the ship's size be increased by several metres in lengthand 87,000 metric tons of cargo capacity by jumboisation. Two years later, the vessel waslaunched and named Seawise Giant.

After the refit, the ship had a capacity of 564,763 metric tons of deadweight (DWT), a lengthoverall of 458.45metres (1,504.1ft) and a draft of 24.611metres (80.74ft). She had 46 tanks,31,541square metres (339,500sqft) of deck space, and was too large to pass through the EnglishChannel.

From 1979 to 2004, she was owned by the company Loki Stream AS. During this period sheflew the Norwegian flag.

In this period, she was renamedHappy Giantfrom 1989 to 1991.


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Jorden Jahre bought the ship in 1991 for the sum of US$39 Million. It was at this stage that theship was renamed Jahre Viking. It was sold in 2004.

The ship was damaged during the IranIraq War while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. As aresult she was declared a total loss and laid up in Brunei. At the end of the war, she was towed tothe Keppel Company shipyard in Singapore, repaired, and renamed Happy Giant. The ship wassailing again in October 1991.

In 2004, she was bought by First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd., renamed Knock Nevis and convertedinto a permanently moored storage tanker. On November 30, 2004 the conversion to FSO wascompleted. Since 2004, she has been owned by First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd. The ship waspermanently moored in the Qatar Al Shaheen oil field in the Persian Gulf, operated as an FSOuntill 2010.


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In 2010 ship was renamedM

ontand was delivered for breaking up at Gujarats Alang-Sosiyashipyard in India.

In terms of length,Knock Nevis has a length overall of 458.45m (1,504ft), making her the largestship ever constructed. The vessel is longer than many of the world's tallest buildings are tall, forexample the Petronas Twin Towers at 452metres (1,480ft). She is smaller than the Sears Towerat 527.3 metres (1,730ft), and Taipei 101 at 509.2metres (1,671ft), and considerably smaller thanthe skyscraper Burj Dubai, currently under construction, at 636metres (2,090ft).


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Container Ship - Emma Maersk

Emma Mrsk is a container ship owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When she waslaunched, Emma Mrskwas the largest container ship ever built, and as of 2008 the longest shipin use. Officially, Emma Mrskis able to carry around 11,000twenty-foot equivalent units(TEU)according to the Maersk company's method of calculating capacity, which is about 1,400 morecontainers than any other ship is capable of carrying.

General Characteristics

Tonnage: 170,974 GT (55,396 NT)

Length: 397 metres (1,300ft)Beam: 56 metres (180ft)

Draft: 15.5 metres (51ft)

Capacity: 156,907 DWT, 11,000TEU

By normal calculations, Emma Mrsk's cargo capacity is significantly greater than the listedcapacity between 13,500twenty-foot equivalent units(TEU) and 15,200TEU. The difference between the official and estimated numbers is because Maersk calculates the capacity of acontainer ship by weight (in this case, 14 tons/container) that can be carried on a vessel. For theEmma Mrsk, this is 11,000 containers. Other companies calculate the capacity of a container

ship according to the maximum number of containers that can be put on the ship, independent ofthe weight of the containers. This number is always greater than the number calculated by theMaersk method.


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The ship was built at the Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark. In June 2006, during construction,welding work caused a fire within her superstructure. It spread rapidly through theaccommodation section and bridge.

Emma Mrskwas named in a ceremony on August 12, 2006. The ship is named after EmmaMrsk, Mrsk Mc-Kinney Mller's late wife. The ship set sail on her maiden voyage on 8September 2006 at 02:00 hours from Aarhus, calling at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam,Algeciras, the Suez Canal, and arrived in Singapore on 1 October 2006 at 20:05 hours.

Emma Mrskdeparted Singapore the next day, headed for Yantian in Shenzhen. She sailed on toKobe, Nagoya, arrived at Yokohama on 10 October 2006, and returned via Shenzhen, HongKong, Tanjung Pelepas, the Suez Canal, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg andfinally to Aarhus, with arrival at that port 11 November 2006 at 16:00 hours.

She appeared in headlines prior to Christmas 2006, when she was dubbed SS Santa because shewas bound for the United Kingdom from China loaded with Christmas goods. The return journeyafter Christmas 2006 saw her return to southern China, loaded with UK waste destined forrecycling in China.

Her appearance in the news prompted China's State Environmental Protection Administration to promise to "closely watch the progress of investigation into the dumping of garbage in southChina by Britain". It added that no official approval had been given to any company in the areato import waste.

Emma Maersk's regular round trip involves Ningbo, Xiamen, Hong Kong (westbound), Yantian(westbound), Tanjung Pelepas (westbound), Algeciras (westbound), Rotterdam, Bremerhaven,Algeciras (eastbound), Tanjung Pelepas (eastbound), Yantian (eastbound), Hong Kong(eastbound) and Ningbo.


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Ocean Liner - Queen Mary 2

The RMSQueen Mary 2 (QM2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier CunardlinerQueen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck, the Queen Consort of George V.At the time of her construction in 2003 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique, the QM2 was thelongest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built, and at a gross tonnage(GT)of148,528tons,was also the largest. She lost the gross tonnage distinction to Royal Caribbean International's154,407GT Freedom of the Seas in April 2006, but QM2 remains the largest ocean liner (asopposed to cruise ship) ever built, and her width, length, and waterline breadth are unsurpassed by any other passenger ship. Also, the QM2 displaces approximately 76,000 tons; the RoyalCaribbeanFreedom ships displace about 64,000 tons.


Tonnage: 148,528 GT

Length: 345 m (1,132ft)

Beam:41 m (135ft) waterline,

45 m (147.6ft) extreme (bridge wings)Draft: 10 m (32.8ft)

Capacity: 2,620 passengers

The Queen Mary 2 is the current Cunard flagship and makes regular transatlantic crossings. Theship was constructed to complement the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)the Cunard flagshipfrom 1969 to 2004replacing it on the transatlantic route. The first RMSQueen Mary sailed the


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Atlantic from 1936 to 1967. QM had the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) title conferred on her, as agesture to Cunard's history, by Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004 on the Southamptonto New York route.

On 12 January 2004, the Queen Mary 2 set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton,

England to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States, carrying 2,620 passengers under thecommand of her first captain Ronald Warwick, who had previously commanded the QueenElizabeth 2. Warwick is the son of William (Bil) Warwick who had also been a Cunard officerand had also been the QE2's first captain.

During the XXVIII Olympics the QM2 sailed to Athens and docked at Piraeus for two weeks foruse as a hotel-ship, serving the then Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair and his wife Cherie,the French President Jacques Chirac, US president George H. W. Bush, and the US Olympicmen's basketball team.

In January 2006 the QM2 embarked on a circumnavigation of South America (the ship is toolarge to pass through the Panama Canal). Upon departure from Fort Lauderdale one of herpropeller pods was damaged when it struck a channel wall, forcing the ship to sail at a reducedspeed, which resulted in Commodore Warwick's decision to skip several calls on its voyage toRio de Janeiro. Many of her passengers threatened to stage a sit-in protest because of the missedcalls, before Cunard offered to refund the voyage costs. The QM2 continued to operate at a

reduced service speed, and several itinerary changes were necessary until repairs had beencompleted after the ship returned to Europe in June, where the QM2 paid a visit to dry dock, andthe damaged propeller pod was unseated. In November the QM2 was dry-docked once more atthe Blohm + Voss yard in Hamburg (drydock Elbe 17) for the reinstallation of the repairedpropeller pod. At the same time, sprinkler systems were installed in all of the vessel's balconiesto comply with new safety regulations which had come into effect since the MV Star Princessfire. Additionally, both bridge wings were extended by 2 metres to improve visibility.


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After completing the journey around South America, on 23 February 2006, the QM2 met hernamesake, the original RMS Queen Mary, which is permanently docked at Long Beach,California. Escorted by a flotilla of smaller ships, the two Queens exchanged a "whistle salute"which was heard throughout the city of Long Beach.

On 10 January 2007 the QM2 started her first world cruise, circling the globe in 81 days. On 20February, she met her fleet-mate, the Queen Elizabeth 2, also on her 2007 world cruise, inSydney harbour. This is the first time two Cunard Queens have been together in Sydney since theoriginal Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth served as troop ships in 1941. Despite the early arrivaltime of 5:42 am, the QM2's presence attracted so many viewers that the Sydney Harbour Bridgeand Anzac Bridge were blocked. With 1,600 passengers leaving the ships in Sydney, Cunardestimated the stopovers injected more than $1 million into the local economy.

Famous passengers and/or guests of the QM2 include Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke ofEdinburgh, former French President Jacques Chirac, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair,jazz musician Dave Brubeck, former US president George H. W. Bush, comedian and actor John

Cleese, actor Richard Dreyfuss, author and editor Harold Evans, director George Lucas, singerCarly Simon, singer Rod Stewart, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, and financierDonald Trump.


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Following the retirement of QE2, Queen Mary 2 will be the only operational ocean liner left inactive passenger service.

Bulk Carrier - Berge Stahl

The MS Berge Stahlis the largest bulk carrier ship in the world. She is registered in Stavanger,Norway. She was previously registered in Monrovia, Liberia.


Length: 343m (1,122 ft)

Beam: 65m (208,3ft)

Draft: 23m

Capacity 364,767

An iron ore carrier, the Berge Stahl has a capacity of 364,767 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)she was built in 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The Berge Stahl is 1,122 feet (343 m) long,

has a beam, or width, of 208.3 feet (65 m), and a draft, or depth in the water, of 23 m.

Her Hyundai B&W 7L90MCE diesel engine is 30feet (9 m) high, drives a single 30foot (9 m)screw, and puts out 27,610 horsepower (20.59 MW), has a top speed of 13.5 knots, and has a30foot (9 m) high rudder.

She is owned by the Norwegian shipping company Bergesen d.y. ASA.


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Because of her massive size, the Berge Stahl can only tie up, fully loaded, at two ports in theworld, hauling ore from the Terminal Martimo de Ponta da Madeira in Brazil to the Europoortnear Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Even at these ports, passage must be timed to coincide withhigh tides to prevent the ship running aground. The Berge Stahl makes this trip about ten timeseach year, or a round-trip about every five weeks. In September of 2006, the ship carried ore tothe port of Majishan, China, where she was dry-docked and given her twenty-year inspection. Onthe return voyage to Rotterdam, she picked up a partial load of ore in Dampier, WesternAustralia, and Saldanha Bay in South Africa (where the maximum depth permitted is 21 m).


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Aircraft Carrier - USSEnterprise

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraftcarrier and the eighth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War IIfame, she is nicknamed the "BigE." At 1,123feet (342.3m), she is the longest naval vessel in theworld, though her 93,500tons displacement places her as the second heaviest supercarrier,surpassed only by theNimitz-class.


Length: 342m (1.123 ft)

Beam: 40,5 (132,8 ft)

Draft: 12 m (39 ft)

Enterprise is currently homeported at Norfolk, Virginia. As one of the oldest carriers in the fleet,she is scheduled for decommissioning in 2014-2015. Her intended replacement is the USSGerald R. Ford(CVN-78). Her current commanding officer is Captain Ronald Horton.

In 1958 Enterprises keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. OnSeptember 24, 1960 the ship was launched for the first time, sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Franke,


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wife of the former Secretary of the Navy. On November 25, 1961 the Enterprise wascommissioned, with Captain Vincent P. DePoix in command. On January 12, 1962 the ship thenmade its maiden voyage conducting a three-month shakedown cruise. After commissioning,Enterprise began a lengthy series of tests and training exercises designed to determine the fullcapabilities of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

USS Enterprise is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2014-2015, with the exact year dependenton the state of the nuclear fuel currently in the carriers reactors. The subsequent fate of

Enterprise is, as of yet, unknown. One possibility is that the CVN-65 may end up as an aircraft-carrier museum ship, because Enterprise is the worlds first nuclear powered aircraft carrier andthe only remaining ship in the lineage of U.S. Navy ships named Enterprise. It is also possiblethat she could end up in the Ship-Submarine recycling program, in which case Enterprise wouldbecome the first nuclear powered carrier to be dismantled as part of the program.


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Because of the huge cost of her construction, Enterprise was launched and commissionedwithout the planned Terrier missile launchers. These were never installed and the ships self-defense suite instead consisted of three shorter ranged RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, Basic Point DefenseMissile System (BPDMS) launchers. Later upgraded to carry two NATO Sea Sparrow (NSSM)and three Mk. 71 Phalanx CIWS gun mounts. One CIWS mount was later removed and two 21cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers were added.

Cruise Ships - Oasis Class (Oasis of the Seas)

The Oasis class (formerly known as Project Genesis) is a class of Royal Caribbean Internationalcruise ships that are the world's largest passenger ships. Two ships were ordered in February2006, named Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. Oasis of the Seas was completed anddelivered on October 28, 2009, while Allure of the Seas is under construction and is expected tobe completed by late 2010.


Tonnage: 225,282 GT

Length: 360 m (1,181 ft)

Beam:47 m (154 ft) waterline60.5 m (236 ft) extreme

Draft: 9,3 m (31 ft)

Capacity: 5,400 passengers double occupancy; 6,296 total


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The Oasis class have surpassed the earlier Freedom class as the world's largest passenger ships.At 360 m (1,180 feet) in length Oasis is 21 metres (69 ft) longer than the prior largest passengership, the Independence of the Seas and classmates. Oasis also is 8.5 metres (28 ft) wider, andwith a gross tonnage of 225,282, is almost 45% larger. Oasis class vessels carry over 5,400

passengers.

Like the Freedom class, the Oasis class ships are built by STX Europe (formerly Aker Yards) inTurku, Finland. The first of the Oasis class, priced at US$1.24 billion ( 900 million) reportedly

is the most expensive commercial ship ever built. The option for a second ship of the class wasexercised by Royal Caribbean on April 2, 2007. The second ship is to be delivered by STXEurope in August 2010.


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On December 11, 2007, the keel of the first vessel of the class was laid down in Turku. In early2008, Royal Caribbean ended months of speculation by announcing that their two Oasis classships would be based year-round at Port Everglades, Florida.

On April 15, 2008, Royal Caribbean held a press conference in New York City to release thefirst official information and renderings of "Central Park", a 5-deck high area in the middle of theship, open to the sky and filled with lush tropical gardens, upscale restaurants and shops. Thearea, one of seven "neighborhoods" onboard the ship, also features the Rising Tide Bar, whichwill move up and down through 3 decks. There will be 334 staterooms overlooking the Park, 254


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with balconies - four of which are wheelchair accessible. Two arched-glass domes in CentralPark called the Crystal Canopies will provide sunlight into the ship's inner public spaces.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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