Cruise ships & liners
19 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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