Worlds Largest Cargo Ship

[bparker]

Now you know how Wal Mart gets all its stuff from China.

World's Largest Cargo Ship. Get a load of this ship! 15,000 containers and A 207' beam !!!!!! And look at the crew size for a ship longer than a US Aircraft carrier which has a complement of 5,000 men and officers.

Think it's big enough? Notice that 207' beam means it was NOT designed for The Panama or Suez canal. It is strictly transpacific. Check out the "cruise speed". 31 knots means the goods arrive 4 days before the typical Container ship (18-20 knots) on a China-to-California run. So this Behemoth is hugely competitive carrying perishable goods.

This ship was built in three, perhaps as many as five sections. The Sections floated together and then welded. The ship is named Emma Maersk.
The command bridge is higher than a 10 story building and has 11 crane rigs That can operate simultaneously.
Additional info:
Country of origin - Denmark
Length - 1,302 ft
Width - 207 ft
Net cargo - 123,200 tons
Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP) Cruise Speed - 31 Knots, Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3 container)

Crew - 13 people First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006 Construction cost - US $145,000,000+
Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water resistance and Saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year

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[bparker]

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[Big Dad]

That looks cool!

[DennisAJC]

JEEBUS!!!! What a time we live in.

[bparker]

I know eh? Makes the "Titanic" look like a skeeter bass boat...

JEEBUS!!!! What a time we live in.

[DennisAJC]

I know eh? Makes the "Titanic" look like a skeeter bass boat...

I just gasp at the marvels my kids will see in their future. Incredible times.




WTF??? I'm getting teary again.:jump:

[CO Hummer]

WTF??? I'm getting teary again.:jump:

hahaha! :jump:

[bparker]

:giggling:

[CO Hummer]

WTH! This is contagious. I just had trouble opening a bag of potato chips and I broke into tears. :jump:

[frenzy1]

size matters !

[h2co-pilot]

It's beautiful.:crying:

[wpage]

Big:beerchug:

[BKLYNH2]

Woah! That's amazing

[KenP]

It... it... it's beautiful...:crying: :crying: :fdance:

[DennisAJC]

OH GAWD!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::c rying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

[Agriv8r]

dammm....

[Yetti]

What happens to it when it rolls over at the dock? I have seen pics of them stuck bad when they are unloaded or loaded wrong. that could ruin a harbor if it got stuck there for a few months

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Wowza.

[jmsspratlin]

size matters !


:iagree:

[tower]

The biggest ship I have ever been on was an oil tanker. I guess that doesn't qualify as a cargo ship.
The oil tanker Jahre Viking was the largest ship afloat in 1999. She is 458 meters [1,503 feet long] long, with a beam of 69 meters [226 feet]. The hull extends 25 meters below the water-line. When it is fully loaded with crude oil (http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/5479#), she has a gross tonnage of 565,000 tons.

Actually, the Maersk is the largest current cargo ship. There were 4 larger ones. 3 have been scrapped and one has FSO status. It is the largest cargo ship ever built, the Knock Nevis.

ref Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_longest_ships)

[Yetti]

if I remember right a Nimitz class carrier is only 100,000 tons(1071' long), thats a big ship

[CO Hummer]

Alright. This thread simply can't go on without one of these posted:

[cow boy]

Looks nice- but dose it run on 317,000 gallons of diesel per year or low grade cheep fuel ( lots of soot = to a thousand cars an hour ? ) Bad for us unless u like walmart and toys with lead paint !

[tower]

http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/images/1109/1109_final_biggest_crap.jpg
Oh, sorry. You said biggest SHIP ever! :giggling:

[Big Dad]

Ok...I'm confused, the dude in the pirate hat, on the rainbow skiff, who is it?

And please don't say the skipper of the shrimp boat!

[CO Hummer]

Ok...I'm confused, the dude in the pirate hat, on the rainbow skiff, who is it?

And please don't say the skipper of the shrimp boat!


That's DRTY, of course. The dude has a serious infatuation with pirates and he shouts "ahoy" all the time. It's pretty disturbing to watch, actually.

[Marcmedic]

Royal Caribbean has a cruise ship that's almost that size. It's about 190 feet shoter, and 23 feet narrower.

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do;jsessionid=00004_6NE4cJxCldU0rwPjwO0tM:12h dhuaq2?br=R&shipClassCode=FR&shipCode=FR

Freedom of the Seas

Ship Facts http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifMaiden Voyage: June 4, 2006
Passenger Capacity: 3,634 double occupancy
Godmother: Katherine Louise Calder
Gross Tonnage: 160,000
Length: 1,112'
Max Beam: 184'
Draft: 28'
Cruising Speed: 21.6 knots

[bparker]

WOW, I bet thats a party!

Royal Caribbean has a cruise ship that's almost that size. It's about 190 feet shoter, and 23 feet narrower.

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do;jsessionid=00004_6NE4cJxCldU0rwPjwO0tM:12h dhuaq2?br=R&shipClassCode=FR&shipCode=FR

Freedom of the Seas

Ship Facts http://www.royalcaribbean.com/s.gifMaiden Voyage: June 4, 2006
Passenger Capacity: 3,634 double occupancy
Godmother: Katherine Louise Calder
Gross Tonnage: 160,000
Length: 1,112'
Max Beam: 184'
Draft: 28'
Cruising Speed: 21.6 knots