What is the longest ship in the world?
What is the longest ship in the world?
A vessel is a swimming device thatused as a transport. In the world, the longest ships are cargo ships, mainly tankers and container ships. They carry large volumes of cargo: crude oil, palm oil, natural gas, etc. Giant dimensions also have passenger liners.
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The longest and largest ship in the world up toRecently the tanker Knock Nevis was considered. Its length was 458 m and its width was 69 m. The ship was built in 1979, and two years later it was launched. The tanker carried oil in its holds, about 4.1 million barrels of crude oil could be stored in them. The crew of the ship consisted of 40 employees. Not every port could take Knock Nevis because of its size, because at full load it could not pass even the English Channel, Panama and Suez straits. Knock Nevis changed 4 hosts. In the 80 years of the XX century moved along the route the Middle East - the USA. He transported Iranian oil. From 2004 to 2010 was a stationary oil storage facility off the coast of Qatar. In 2010, the ship was disposed of and the hull was divided into metals. One of the cargo giant anchors can be seen in the Maritime Museum in Hong Kong.
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Today, on the vast expanses of the seas and oceansfloats the longest operating vessel in the world - the container ship Emma Maersk. The length of the giant is 396 m, width - 63 m, height - 30 m. It has a displacement of up to 156 thousand metric tons and can carry 20-foot containers. The ship was built in 2006 in Denmark. It belongs to the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and is named after the late wife of Emma, the owner of the company Arnold Möller. Emma Maersk runs along the route Southeast Asia - the Suez Canal - Western Europe - the Baltic Sea. In a year passes more than 314 000 km. In honor of the ship in 2011, the Danish Royal Mint issued a coin of twenty crowns.
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The longest passenger liner isvessel RMS Queen Mary 2. The length of the cruise ship is 345 m, height - 72 m, width - 41 m. The first flight of the liner was made on January 12, 2004 under the command of Captain Ronald Warwick. It should be noted that the godmother of the ship is the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II. Currently, RMS Queen Mary 2 runs between the ports of Southampton, United Kingdom - New York, USA and is the only vessel on the transatlantic line.
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There are 1310 cabins of different class on the liner, 4pool, library, playground for helicopter, galley, restaurants, tennis court, planetarium. The ticket for crossing the Atlantic in ordinary cabins costs from € 1500. In 2007 Queen Mary 2 made a round-the-world trip with 500 passengers on board for 81 days. This event was recorded in the "Guinness Book of Records", as a round-the-world journey of the longest and largest passenger liner.
