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That's the biggest container ship; I believe the world's biggest ship of any kind will be 488m long ... a natural gas processing vessel which will eventually be
by damian2000 12y ago
That's the biggest container ship; I believe the world's biggest ship of any kind will be 488m long ... a natural gas processing vessel which will eventually be docked off the coast of north-west Western Australia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30497303 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30497303
- josephagoss 12y agoIs that a ship? I was under the impression that these floating LNG processing vessels were platforms that have no self propulsion capability.
- damian2000 12y agoYou're right - my bad http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/magazine/the-biggest-ship-in-the-world-though-it-isnt-exactly-a-ship-.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/magazine/the-biggest-ship-...
- Someone 12y agoWe have been here before. 1. That is will be 2. This: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Schelte http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Schelte isn't quite as long, but quite a bit larger in tonnage (around 50%, IIRC) (pictures at http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/1376740/Pieter-Schelte-commences-sea-trials http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/1376740/Pieter-Schelte-co...) 3. There is a small chance the container ship and the Pieter Schelte will meet in Rotterdam soon.