Ships — for your information.

Every giant of the sea — measured, sourced, and drawn to true scale. No stock photos. No guesswork.

    458.45 mlongest ship ever 24,346 TEUmost containers 248,663 GTbiggest cruise ship 142 + 40ships & records
    ⚓ Get cruise-ready See the longest ever→
    The fleet

    Ships, page by page

    Every side profile below is sized by real length overall — the longer the ship, the bigger it draws, and each is colored by operator so a fleet reads at a glance. Cruise ships, container ships and the tanker-era giants are always listed apart, never mixed.

    Colored by operator
    Grid

    Cruise ships & liners

    116 ships
    Sort

    Oasis of the Seas

    Royal Caribbean · In service

    Length overall≈360 m
    Beam (waterline)47 m
    Gross tonnage226,838 GT (post-2019 refit)
    Passengers≈5,400 (double) / ≈6,780 (max)
    Full specification →

    Arvia

    P&O Cruises · In service

    Length overall345 m
    Beam42 m
    Gross tonnage185,581 GT
    Passengers5,200 (double) / ≈6,685 (max)
    Full specification →

    Iona

    P&O Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈344.5 m
    Beam≈42 m
    Gross tonnage≈184,089 GT
    Passengers≈5,200 (max)
    Full specification →

    Disney Wish

    Disney Cruise Line · In service

    Length overall≈341 m
    Beam≈41 m
    Gross tonnage≈144,000 GT
    Passengers≈2,500 (double) / ≈4,000 (max)
    Full specification →

    AIDAnova

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈337 m
    Beam42 m
    Gross tonnage183,858 GT
    Passengers≈5,200 (double) / ≈6,600 (max)
    Full specification →

    Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · In service

    Length overall≈333.4 m
    Beam (waterline)≈41.4 m
    Gross tonnage167,725 GT
    Passengers≈3,804 (double)
    Full specification →

    Norwegian Epic

    Norwegian Cruise Line · In service

    Length overall≈329.4 m
    Beam≈40.6 m
    Gross tonnage155,873 GT
    Passengers≈4,100 (double) / ≈5,183 (max)
    Full specification →

    Eurodam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈285.3 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈86,273 GT
    Passengers≈2,104 (double)
    Full specification →

    RMS Titanic

    White Star Line · Sunk 1912

    Length overall269.06 m
    Beam28.19 m
    Gross register tonnage46,328 GRT (pre-1982 measurement — not directly comparable to modern GT)
    Passengers & crew≈2,224 aboard on the maiden voyage (capacity ≈3,327)
    Full specification →

    AIDAblu

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈253.3 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage71,304 GT
    Full specification →

    AIDAluna

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈251.9 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage69,203 GT
    Full specification →

    AIDAbella

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈251.9 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage69,203 GT
    Full specification →

    Volendam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈237.9 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈60,906 GT
    Passengers≈1,432 (double)
    Full specification →

    Zaandam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈237.1 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈61,396 GT
    Passengers≈1,432 (double)
    Full specification →

    Container ships

    14 ships
    Sort

    MOL Triumph

    Ocean Network Express · In service

    Length overall≈400 m
    Beam58.8 m
    Capacity20,170 TEU — first past 20,000
    DeliveredMarch 2017
    Full specification →

    Emma Mærsk

    Maersk · In service

    Length overall397.71 m
    Beam56.4 m
    Capacity11,000 TEU (Maersk's method) / ≈15,500 TEU (industry standard)
    Gross tonnage170,794 GT
    Full specification →

    SS Ideal X

    Pan-Atlantic Steamship (Sea-Land) · Scrapped 1964

    Length overall≈160 m
    Beam≈20.7 m
    TypeConverted T2 tanker with a spar deck for containers
    First container load58 × 35 ft containers
    Full specification →

    Tankers & giants

    12 ships

    Tankers · Gas carriers · Bulk carriers · Heavy-lift

    Sort

    Seawise Giant

    C.Y. Tung / later owners · Scrapped 2010

    Length overall458.45 m — longest ship ever
    Beam68.8 m
    Deadweight564,763 t
    Gross tonnage260,941 GT
    Full specification →

    Pioneering Spirit

    Allseas · In service

    Length overall382 m
    Beam123.75 m — widest ship ever
    Gross tonnage403,342 GT — largest ever
    Bow slot122 m long × 59 m wide, between twin bows
    Full specification →

    Prelude FLNG

    Shell · In service

    Length overall488 m — longest floating structure ever
    Beam74 m
    Displacement (fully ballasted)≈600,000 t
    Steel used≈260,000 t
    Full specification →

    Batillus

    Société Maritime Shell · Scrapped 1985

    Length overall414.22 m
    Beam63.01 m
    Deadweight553,662 t
    Draft (fully laden)28.5 m
    Full specification →

    Pierre Guillaumat

    Compagnie Nationale de Navigation · Scrapped 1983

    Length overall414.22 m
    Beam63.01 m
    Deadweight555,051 t — largest ever
    Draft (fully laden)≈28.6 m
    Full specification →

    Vale Brasil

    Vale (later Chinese owners) · In service (renamed Ore Brasil, 2015)

    Length overall362 m
    Beam65 m
    Deadweight402,347 t
    Draft (fully laden)23 m
    Full specification →

    Mozah

    Nakilat · In service

    Length overall345 m
    Beam≈54 m
    Cargo capacity266,000 m³ LNG — largest ever
    Draft≈12 m
    Full specification →
    Lines

    Fleets, line by line

    Cruise lines, shipping lines and the specialist operators — always listed apart.

    Grid

    Cruise lines

    13 lines
    RCI

    Royal Caribbean

    United States · Royal Caribbean Group

    The line that builds the biggest — every world's-largest cruise ship since 2009 has been theirs.

    See the fleet →
    CUN

    Cunard

    United Kingdom · Carnival Corporation

    The transatlantic institution — running the Southampton–New York crossing since 1840.

    See the fleet →
    AID

    AIDA Cruises

    Germany · Carnival Corporation

    Germany's cruise market leader — the smiling lips on the bow, and the world's first LNG cruise ship.

    See the fleet →
    WSL

    White Star Line

    United Kingdom · Defunct — merged with Cunard, 1934

    Titanic's owner — the Liverpool line that bet on size and comfort over speed.

    See the fleet →
    PCL

    Princess Cruises

    United States · Carnival Corporation

    The Love Boat line — destination cruising at scale, crowned by the Italian-built Sphere class.

    See the fleet →
    PO

    P&O Cruises

    United Kingdom · Carnival Corporation

    The world's oldest cruise company — carrying Britain to sea since 1822.

    See the fleet →

    Shipping lines

    10 lines
    MSC

    MSC

    Switzerland · Independent

    The largest container line in the world — a private, family-owned fleet bigger than any rival's.

    See the fleet →
    MSK

    Maersk

    Denmark · Gemini Cooperation

    The Danish giant that defined modern container shipping — and now runs the Gemini network with Hapag-Lloyd.

    See the fleet →
    CMA

    CMA CGM

    France · Ocean Alliance

    France's shipping champion — the family group that put the first giant container ships on LNG.

    See the fleet →
    HLC

    Hapag-Lloyd

    Germany · Gemini Cooperation

    Hamburg's 175-year-old line — consolidator of fleets, now Maersk's partner in the Gemini network.

    See the fleet →
    EVG

    Evergreen

    Taiwan · Ocean Alliance

    Taiwan's green giant — every ship named 'Ever', including the one the whole world learned in 2021.

    See the fleet →
    HMM

    HMM

    South Korea · Premier Alliance

    South Korea's flag carrier, rebuilt around twelve of the largest ships ever ordered at once.

    See the fleet →
    YML

    Yang Ming

    Taiwan · Premier Alliance

    Taiwan's second container major — a fleet built on the 11,000–14,000 TEU workhorse classes.

    See the fleet →
    ZIM

    ZIM

    Israel · Independent (partnerships with MSC)

    Israel's global carrier — the niche-trade specialist that listed on Wall Street.

    See the fleet →

    Specialists

    4 lines
    NAK

    Nakilat

    Qatar · QatarEnergy partner

    Qatar's gas fleet — the largest LNG shipping company in the world.

    See the fleet →
    ALL

    Allseas

    Switzerland · Independent (family-owned)

    The offshore contractor that built the biggest ship in history to lift oil platforms whole.

    See the fleet →
    BB

    Berge Bulk

    Singapore · Independent

    The dry-bulk heir of Norway's Bergesen dynasty — keeper of the Berge Stahl legend.

    See the fleet →
    Now live

    The Canal-Fit Checker

    Does it fit through Panama? Suez? The St Lawrence?

    Pick any ship on this site and get an instant verdict against all six great gauges — Panamax, Neopanamax, Suezmax, Malaccamax, Seawaymax and Chinamax — with the limiting dimension highlighted. The size classes are the canal limits; now you can run them.

    Open the Canal-Fit Checker →What the gauges mean
    Setting sail?

    Get cruise-ready

    Everything cruise-ready →

    Browse

    By builder, or by kind

    Shipyards

    Thirteen builders, from Meyer Turku and Saint-Nazaire to the giant yards of Korea and China — each with its full line-up.

    All shipyards →

    Explained

    Gross tonnage, deadweight, displacement, TEU, Panamax to Megamax, azipod drives — twelve plain-English guides to the ideas behind every spec table.

    Start reading →
    Side by side

    The Scale Engine

    Any three ships, rendered at true relative scale — next to a 1.75 m person and a full football pitch. Honest proportions, always.

    Open the compare tool →See all five record boards
    Before you sail

    The guides

    Spec tables tell you how big a ship is. These tell you what it's like to be aboard one — and how to be ready for it.

    Get cruise-ready →How ships handle stormsExplained — 12 concepts