Cruise ships & liners
116 ships here
Floating resorts, and the two true ocean liners that bookend the breed.
Longest: Legend of the Seas · 365.10 m
Open the category →Every kind of ship, explained.
Six categories, from the floating resorts to the half-million-tonne crude carriers and the twin-hulled giant that lifts oil platforms whole, each one defined, illustrated and ranked in its own honest unit.
The categories
Every category
Container ships
14 ships here
The box movers, from 58 containers in 1956 to 24,346 today.
Longest: MOL Triumph · 400.00 m
Open the category →Tankers
7 ships here
The crude carriers, including the largest ships ever built, most of which died young.
Longest: Seawise Giant · 458.45 m
Open the category →Gas carriers
2 ships here
Cold cargo, LNG at minus 162°C, and the largest floating structure ever built.
Longest: Prelude FLNG · 488.00 m
Open the category →Bulk carriers
2 ships here
Ore, grain and coal by the hundred thousand tonnes, the conveyor belts of heavy industry.
Longest: Vale Brasil · 362.00 m
Open the category →Heavy-lift & special giants
1 ship here
The category-benders, ships built to lift, install and dismantle other giants.
Longest: Pioneering Spirit · 382.00 m
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