The 40 longest ships ever built
Ranked by length overall, from the 488 m Prelude down to Berge Stahl, with the honest asterisk explained.
Open the board →Deadweight is carrying capacity: cargo, fuel and stores combined. All five ships ever to exceed 500,000 t are on this board, alongside the ore giants and the last ULCCs still trading.
1
Seawise Giant564,763 t
C.Y. Tung / later owners · 1979Scrapped 2010
2
Pierre Guillaumat555,051 t
Compagnie Nationale de Navigation · 1977Scrapped 1983
3
Batillus553,662 t
Société Maritime Shell · 1976Scrapped 1985
4
Esso Atlantic516,891 t
Esso (Exxon) International · 1977Scrapped 2002
5
TI Europe441,893 t
CMB.TECH (Euronav) · 2002In service
6
TI Oceania441,600 t
CMB.TECH (Euronav) · 2002In service
7
Vale Brasil402,347 t
Vale (later Chinese owners) · 2011In service (renamed Ore Brasil, 2015)
8
Berge Stahl364,767 t
Berge Bulk · 1986Retired 2021
9
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé220,000 t
CMA CGM · 2020In service
10
Exxon Valdez214,861 t
Exxon Shipping Company · 1986Scrapped 2012
11
Ever Given199,489 t
Evergreen · 2018In service
12
Emma Mærsk156,907 t
Maersk · 2006In service
13
AIDAcosma17,986 t
AIDA Cruises · 2021In service
14
SS Ideal X16,460 t
Pan-Atlantic Steamship (Sea-Land) · 1956Scrapped 1964
15
Zuiderdam10,965 t
Holland America Line · 2002In service
16
Costa Fortuna8,200 t
Costa Cruises · 2003In service
17
AIDAstella7,833 t
AIDA Cruises · 2013In service
17 ships ranked · every figure sourced on its own page · last verified 2026-07-15
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