Top largest ships in the world. Displacement of large ships

Royal Caribbean International commissioned Finnish shipbuilders to build a completely new class passenger airliners, which will be able to hold the palm for many years. This is how it appeared a cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, which was launched as the world's largest passenger ship on October 28, 2009. In addition, the liner won first place in another category, as the most expensive ship on the planet. $1.24 billion was spent on its construction; the average cost of keeping such a vessel in port will cost its owners $230,000.

The new Genesis class ships, the first-born Oasis of the Seas and the already under construction Allure of the Seas, surpassed their predecessor Freedom of the Seas and became 21 m longer, 8.5 m wider and almost 43 percent heavier. .

The passenger ships of the Genesis project have become truly remarkable liners. This bold design, and a lot of innovations and technological advances in amenities for passengers, all this will now help attract new customers to unforgettable sea travel.

The Oasis of the Seas liner incorporates all the best that is available on the ships of Royal Caribbean International. Its first voyage on December 5, 2009 will be held on a grand scale, including the most luxurious party at sea. For its guests this is an amazing sea voyage, and for the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship it is a readiness to withstand any threat: hurricanes, giant waves and even contagious diseases.

The ship was built by the shipbuilding company STX Europe specifically for Royal Caribbean International; the construction of the Oasis of the Seas cost £855 million. The length of the ship is 361 meters, width - 66, and its highest point rises 72 meters above the water surface. The liner's displacement is 225 thousand tons. Oasis is 40% larger than any other cruise ship in the world. The ship, five times the size of the Titanic, can accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,160 crew on sixteen decks in 2,704 cabins. By the way, new airliner 2 times more than the previous record holder - “Queen Mary II”.

The vessel is equipped with 6 Wärtsilä engines - three 12-cylinder and three 16-cylinder. Together, its power plants generate a power of 96 MW, which allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 22.6 maritime knots. The ship's new owners were very surprised to learn that the Oasis had four more cabins than originally planned.

New safety measures and the design of completely new features for cruising have made Oasis of the Seas one of the most anticipated cruise ships in history. The ship has so-called telescopic pipes, which can be reduced if it is necessary to sail under the bridge. The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, had to be partially dismantled so it could pass under Denmark's Great Belt Bridge. But even after the height of the pipes was reduced, the distance between the ship and the construction structure was less than half a meter. For safety reasons, traffic on the bridge was blocked for 15 minutes. Hundreds of people gathered on both sides of the river to watch the brightly lit cruise ship, which rises above the water like a 20-story building.

There is a lot of entertainment here, both for ordinary people and for millionaires. The ship is equipped with a water amphitheater, a carousel (made "life-size"), a floating park, an ice skating rink, a golf course, 4 swimming pools, which required a total of 2300 tons of water, volleyball and basketball courts, a climbing wall and a children's area With theme parks and children's science laboratories. Among other things, it has 10 spa baths and surfing simulators. The ship is so large that it is divided into “districts” with special themes, including a tropical area with palm trees and wines. In total, 12 thousand plants and 56 trees were planted on the ship - this is the world's first park on a ship with an area of 2000 square meters. m, which became a kind of analogue of “Central” Park in New York. Therefore, its passengers can relax in the park in the shade of real trees, listen to Broadway musicals and watch an ice show.

A 750-seat outdoor amphitheater is located aft and is modeled after an ancient Greek amphitheater. The indoor theater, located in another part of the ship, can accommodate 1,300 guests. A two-week cruise on the miracle ship Oasis of the Seas will cost a fairly modest amount: from £1,300 for a place in the cheapest cabin. Its sister ship, Allure of the Seas, is scheduled for completion in late 2010.

Passengers like to celebrate all the time, but if the cruise is “premium class”, and almost all the people are wealthy, then on board the ship there should be about 20,000 bottles of champagne, more than 14,000 kg of meat products, 44,000 fresh eggs, 6,600 kg of salad, 3,000 kg of onions, 22,000 kg of potatoes and this is only a small part of the food supply.

After completion of loading, the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" sets off on its first cruise voyage. And if you forgot something, then, alas, it’s too late to correct the mistakes. The liner left the port of Everglades and the cruise began.

Doctors on the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship are hoping to avoid another type of natural disaster. If at least two people with a viral disease board the ship, it will spread instantly, since everyone is in a confined space. The liner is equipped with disinfectants in all public places, especially before meals.

Cruises on a ship usually guarantee first-class food 24 hours a day. Especially during holiday cruises, when the ship’s staff throws a real feast on board the ship. The restaurants serve the most exquisite dishes.

And waste disposal is the most important part of the internal structure of the ship. The Oasis of the Seas has its own waste treatment plant, where all waste is carefully sorted. Tin cans are pressed, glass is broken to prepare for recycling, and all other solid waste is stored until it can be dumped at the nearest port, because the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship is an environmentally friendly ship.

More than three hundred cooks work on board the ship. It's in the galley that $2 million worth of food is found. Due to strict hygiene regulations, the galley is prohibited for all but registered employees. Every day, about 70,000 main dishes are served on the ship, of which 15,000 are dessert.

The Cruise Director is responsible for all entertainment during the cruise. The most difficult part of his job is to make sure that the guests are satisfied. He plans entertainment, communicates with guests and keeps them in a good mood. There is an own film studio on board. Its employees film daily material on board the ship, and then, after editing, broadcast it to the cabins, usually in the evening.

No less amazing place On the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the Royal Promenade runs down the center of the ship. There is a unique illuminated transparent elevator here. This place has so many shops and bars that it looks like small town. There is plenty of entertainment to be had on board the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship.

Traditionally, an artificial wave pool is installed on the upper deck. Its pumps pump up to 112,000 liters of water per minute.

One of the most popular events on the ship is the theater, which seats about 2,000 people. The show on ice also attracts a lot of spectators. To ensure that everything goes without falls, engineers turn on the ship's stabilization system.

February 24, 2010- the Royal Carribean company realized that many people might like the idea of tracking one person to another, and they were right, the new product quickly became very popular

On the largest cruise ship in Oasis world Royal Carribean's of the Seas offers the latest in IT technology, ID bracelets and iPhone mobile phones so that people can find each other in the countless rooms of the giant liner. Wristbands are personal radio frequency identifiers RFID, although they can be not only bracelets, but also badges or clips. WiFi operates throughout the ship, the signal from the bracelet via WiFi goes to an Apple iPhone equipped with detailed diagram liner, that is, at any time one person can know exactly where another is.

There are almost 1,000 places on the ship where you can access WiFi, and at first the company just wanted to make it so that people could communicate with each other via mobile phones and not only communicate, through the ship’s iPhone you can get this or that information, order a service, etc., but then they realized that the idea of tracking one person to others might appeal to many, and they turned out to be right, the new product quickly became very popular. It is not difficult to guess that parents have become the main consumers of identifiers. The liner is incredibly huge, there are a lot of places where a child can get lost, and this can become a problem not only for parents, but also for the entire crew. Searching for a lost person on a ship is a multi-hour and extremely difficult operation, a general emergency on the ship, and preferably at this time all other passengers should be forced into cabins or public areas.

At first, Oasis of the Seas offered badges as an identifier, but then they went further and now offer bracelets, which are much more convenient, since they can serve as a kind of pagers. If you send a signal from the iPhone, the bracelet begins to vibrate, and its owner will understand that they are looking for him. If this is a child, then fine, but teenagers are unlikely to like this kind of IT surveillance. The young man met a girl at a disco and retired with her to a darker and more secluded place, fortunately there are plenty of such places on a giant liner, and the damned bracelets suddenly begin to vibrate, what’s it like? But what a blessing to parents...

The device operates on the basis of the RTLS real-time location system from Ekahau, the signal from the identifier is processed by the DeFi Royal Connect program and sent to the final server, and from there it goes to the iPhone, the location accuracy is 3-3.5 meters. The bracelets are powered by rechargeable batteries; there is more than enough charge for a week-long cruise. After the end of the cruise, the bracelets are returned to the administration and charged again. The reviews, they say at Royal Carribean, are very good so far, but they don’t yet know how and where this new product can be used, in addition to surveillance, they are collecting data. During cruises, users of the electronic spy are interviewed, and it is hoped that the information collected will expand the scope of application of Wi-Fi RFID identifiers.
Voitenko Mikhail

Some numbers:

5000 kilometers of electrical wiring

12,000 plants, including real trees, but the plants will be installed and planted later, upon arrival of the liner in the USA

7,000 works of art will decorate the ship's premises or be displayed in the halls of 90,000 square meters of carpeting

The construction of the liner took 525,000 square meters of steel - an area equivalent to 72 football fields

Did you know that...

The screws for this giant will be manufactured by a Russian plant - JSC Baltic Plant

JSC Baltic Plant has completed the production of the first propeller designed for the world's largest ocean cruise liner, Genesis. The 360-meter-long vessel is being built by the Norwegian company Aker Yards at its shipyard in Finland. The Baltic Shipyard will equip the aircraft with two propellers. The diameter of each product is more than 6 meters.
Contracts for the manufacture of propellers for the cruise ships Genesis, Super Star Libra, Celebrity and Hall, which are being built at the Finnish shipyard, were concluded by JSC Baltic Plant (St. Petersburg) and FSUE Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) in 2007. According to the terms of the agreements, the St. Petersburg enterprise will supply the customer with several dozen sets of blades, hubs and fairings, as well as sets of spare parts for propellers, by the end of this year. The value of the contracts is more than 10 million euros.

The Baltic Plant is the only Russian manufacturer of large propellers (weighing up to 70 tons, diameter up to 8 m) made of bronze and brass. The company produces modern propellers for all types of warships and submarines; large-capacity tankers and bulk carriers; nuclear and diesel-electric icebreakers; container ships and passenger ships; small coastal, river and pleasure craft; fast ships and boats.

One evening, the captain of the liner gives dinner to his guests. Participants cruise holiday love formal events. Each of them tries to bring home the memory of the sea voyage; for this purpose, several professional photographers work on board the ship. About 30,000 photos will be taken during the cruise.

The beauty of anyone cruise travel is that in the ports where the liner stops, a lot of new sensations await passengers.

On the ship, everything is done for the clients, but there are always passengers who behave badly and interfere with others. Such people are asked to leave the ship at the nearest port. But the worst thing is when a passenger dies on board. Then the whole team has to console his loved ones. The body is placed in its own morgue.

Crew members and service personnel lead full lives, but completely isolated from guests. They are not allowed to use the main passages on board the aircraft unless absolutely necessary. All personnel move along a hidden system of service corridors and staircases. To do this, in the center of this labyrinth there is a main passage that runs the entire length of the ship. It has the unofficial name E-95, and is used by crew members to get to their cabins, where they can take a break from guests. The laundry room on such a ship is one of the busiest of all types of ships. The workers of this plant work around the clock.

In nightclubs liner« Oasis of the Seas“The DJs do their job well. While they are warming up the audience, night falls on the ship and then the ship catches fire most of of 750,000 lamps. Electricity on the cruise ship is generated by diesel generators custom-made by the company " Wartsilla».

The most secure room on a cruise ship is the engineering control room. From here they monitor the weather conditions, monitor the operation of the power plant and control all the ship's systems. This is the center of power passenger ship, so entry here is strictly prohibited.

On liner« Oasis of the Seas“4,500 km of electrical cable have been laid, so the main thing for the ship’s engineers is not bad weather, but fire. Such liner consumes on average up to 11,000 kg of fuel per hour. A sudden spark anywhere is much more dangerous than a hurricane. Operating costs are enormous - even a slight deviation from the course can add up to a considerable sum.

During bad weather and the inability to safely enter the port, the ship's captain may give orders not to enter the port, and the cruise director will immediately announce the changed plans to passengers. This adds more work to the entertainment service as everyone stays on board.

A cruise ship« Oasis of the Seas"became the world's first passenger ship to have seven independent thematic areas on board Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone, so no one here is discouraged.

Central Park is located under open air in the center of the ship and forms public place with sidewalks, flowers and trees. Its grounds are used for outdoor walks, street performances and concerts. Above the park's surroundings, 334 cabins stretch five stories high, 254 of which have balconies that overlook the park. Central Park has a range of boutiques, a garden, many gazebos, a sculpture park, cafes, restaurants and a wine bar.

Despite the size liner, some passengers suffer from seasickness. Although all the staff maintain a calm demeanor, some have to deal with a variety of problems on board, from natural disasters to crimes. The plainclothes security service takes on this matter. They have CCTV cameras and the ship's own law enforcement agencies at their disposal.

In case of evacuation to cruise ship There is a modern system of rescue boats, as well as inflatable life rafts, which are located at strategic points on the ship. Resolving safety and security issues, guest requirements. Even on such liners as " Oasis of the Seas“With a great organization, sometimes people can get lost. They are often late at ports, so the ship always reminds them that the ship is leaving exactly on schedule.

The ship has a huge selection of cabins, which include luxury rooms and family rooms. A new feature is 25 two-level rooms with balconies. Each of them covers an area of 1524 square meters. m and is designed for six people. The room has its own piano, bar, jacuzzi and library. Balcony area 78 sq. meters. All cabins are equipped with LCD TVs and bathrooms with multiple mirrors.

Length - 361 m;
Width - 66 m;
Height - 72 m;
Displacement - 225282 tons;
Power point- eight diesel engines " Wartsila» power 17500 hp each;
Propulsion system- three steering columns of the “Azipod” type with a power of 27,200 hp each;
Speed - 22.6 knots;
Number of decks - 16;
Number of passengers - 6360 people;
Number of cabins - 2704;
Crew - 2100 people;

Here we can see the construction process

Imagine going on a free cruise on the largest ship in the world. There is a whole metropolis of entertainment and services inside, and everything is free. Fantastic? Yes. But one day, when a parade of planets takes place, the company launches a new ship, this fairy tale becomes reality. Tour operators, the media and everyone who will subsequently sell trips to this liner are invited to the first flight.

Harmony of the Seas is by far the largest cruise ship with a capacity of 8,200 people, of which 2,200 are crew. The height of the ship is comparable to the height of a 20-story building. The length is 362 meters, which exceeds the length of Red Square in Moscow. The construction of the liner cost Royal Caribbean more than 1,000,000,000 euros.

But the most impressive thing is not the measurements, but the filling of the liner - Helipad, swimming pools, water slides, casinos, theater, ice rink, a garden with 12 thousand different plants and much, much more. There is even a Bionic bar on board, where robots work as waiters. Let's see what it looks like inside...

General plans of the liner. This is a really huge thing, a giant Noah’s Ark with a displacement of 227,500 tons:

We left the port of Barcelona. Two fire ships saw us off: in honor of the first voyage, they staged a “salute” of water cannons:

The first place you go on a cruise is, of course, your cabin. I won’t give the footage, I’ll just mention that my cabin had a separate dressing room:

Common areas of the ship. On the right in the photo is a giant head sculpture that rotates in layers in different directions:

There are pedestrian streets on board. There is a complete feeling that it is not a ship that has gone out to sea, but a piece of the mainland. There are a lot of people. After a number of incidents on cruises, Royal Caribbean installed an advanced facial recognition system that can, if necessary, identify each passenger in a crowd:

Many sculptures and works of modern art:

Let's go up to the upper decks. There are two types of decks - indoor, comfortable in windy weather, and outdoor:

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There are 16 decks on board. 6 main pools and 10 giant Jacuzzis:

The upper deck is replete with public areas:

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Plenty of sunbeds. Pay attention to the slides behind the pool:

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On the other side of the golf course:

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Waves for surfing:

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Rope crossing at seven floors:

There is a huge aqua theater at the stern of the ship. There are two pipes leading down from the upper deck, through which you can go down with your clothes on. It feels very fast, very scary and very dark. You overcome almost 30 meters of height in 13 seconds, making two 360-degree turns along the way:

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To the right of the aquatheater is a pedestrian area called Central Park:

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Naturally, there is a gym, and it is gigantic. Lots of training equipment and equipment:

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There are 20 restaurants on board Harmony of the Seas. The main one occupies three floors, where daily dinners are held:

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And this is the same Bionic bar where robots work. The mechanical arms have 30 alcohol components in their arsenal. The range of cocktails they can make is endless. One cocktail takes 30 seconds. Looks fantastic:

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Another memorable restaurant is called “Wonderland” and is based on the famous work of Lewis Carroll:

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Instead of a menu, they bring an empty picture that needs to be painted with water. After these manipulations, words appear. It might seem like a small thing, but it leaves a lasting impression:

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Molecular cuisine restaurant. The dish is called “Vegetable Garden”, and the “ground” is made from bread with the addition of cuttlefish ink:

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A dessert made from a ball that is poured over hot chocolate. After a minute, the ball melts, revealing the ice cream inside. Delicious:

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Every week, the liner's restaurants consume 4,500 kg of chicken and almost 7,000 kg of beef. Total on board 4900 seats in restaurants and bars. The assortment of desserts again confused me:

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Central Park has dozens of stores to suit every budget:

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You won't be bored in the evening. Rather, on the contrary, you will need to run from one view to another:

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At the theater there is a Broadway production of “Grease”. The film of the same name, based on this musical, made Travolta a star already in 1978:

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Ice show. Just pay attention to the quality of the costumes that were prepared for the performance.

Until today, I thought the most big ship or for example

As time goes by, technology develops. It so happened that container ships and supertankers gained the reputation of being the largest ships. But much less visible ships, designed to perform technical and production work, have long surpassed them in these parameters. And depending on the goals set, they become larger and larger.

The new record holder Pioneering Spirit, owned by a Swiss company, was launched - a giant construction and installation catamaran that has no analogues in modern shipbuilding.

Let's take a closer look at how and why this master of the waves, whose width exceeds the length of a football field, was built.

The Pioneer is a vessel of gigantic proportions. Reaching 124 meters wide and 382 meters long, its parameters are equal to the famous Empire State Building, and its width exceeds the length of a football field. The carrying capacity is high even for ships of the same type - 48 thousand tons. The cost of the project is also a record high and amounts to almost $3 billion.

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Unlike oil tankers or container ships, crane ships specialize in transporting multi-ton cargo and take part in offshore construction. This vessel will be used to install oil and gas platforms.

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The customer of the world's largest crane vessel is Allseas, which is not going to stop there: the next ship they build will be 160 meters wide and 400 meters long. The new vessel will be put into operation no later than 2020. Construction of the giants is carried out at shipyards in South Korea.

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Built on the docks South Korea The pioneer was sent to Rotterdam for final development and launching. From the Maasflakte 2 area, where a special dry dock was built for the new ship, the giant offshore crane will depart for Cape Town and then on its first mission.

The catamaran is maintained by a team of 571 people, including sailors, engineers, specialists in lifting and installing offshore drilling platforms and support staff.

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The world's largest ship cost its owners Allseas Corporation $1.7 billion, and the project was designed by Finnish shipbuilders Deltamarin. The contract for the creation of a giant vessel by the Allseas Corporation was signed in June 2010, after which the development of design and technical documentation began and the laying of the huge ship in South Korea at the Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering shipyard began. In 2013, the world's largest ship, the Pieter Schelte, was launched.

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Thanks to the use of a catamaran-type hull, the dimensions of the newest vessel turned out to be impressive: maximum length 382 m, width 117 m. This design made it possible to place its own infrastructure on the deck of the floating city, as well as the ability to transport a small oil platform.

The vessel's power plant includes eight diesel engines with a capacity of 15,640 hp. and thirteen Rolls-Royse diesel generators with a total capacity of 97,000 hp.

It is noteworthy that the ship was originally named after Peter Schelte Heerem, a marine engineer, the father of the founder of Allseas, and, part-time, a Nazi criminal. During World War II, Pieter Schelte served in the Waffen-SS, and after the war ended, a Dutch court sentenced Heerem to three years in prison for war crimes. At the end of last year, the provocative name was changed, and the ship became the Pioneer.

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Most big ship in the world it is equipped with three deck cranes with a lifting capacity of 50 tons and one with a lifting capacity of 600 tons. The diameter of the pipes being laid ranges from 2 to 68 inches, and a special cargo compartment can accommodate pipes with a total weight of 27 thousand tons.

The world's largest vessel is equipped with a state-of-the-art dynamic positioning system and is designed for the transport, installation and commissioning of drilling platforms. The maximum carrying capacity of the world's widest vessel is 48 thousand tons. To do this, it was equipped with a unique 65-meter-high keel system, manufactured to special order in Italy.

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The owners have high hopes for the newest vessel, and are confident that it will break all records for depth and speed of pipe laying, for this it has all the necessary equipment. In particular, seven automatic welding stations and six stations for applying a protective layer to pipes will be installed along the entire length of the world’s largest ship. It is also already known that Allseas intends to order a second multifunctional vessel, which will be larger than its predecessor. The world's largest ship is scheduled to be put into operation in 2020, and its main purpose will be the installation and dismantling of the largest oil and gas platforms.

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You can move on water using vehicles. Sometimes they reach incredible sizes. And the fact of their very existence is amazing. Ships have always been of interest to those who love to travel. This technique is definitely worth considering. What would the TOP 10 largest ships in the world look like?

1. Knock Nevis, the Norwegian-flagged tanker has changed its name several times. Changes also affected its structure. The order was made from Japanese shipyards in 1974. Five years passed, and in 1979 the giant ship was launched.

The Greek shipowner decided to increase the property, the rudder of which alone weighs 230 tons. Seawise Giant (the former name of the giant) was cut in half. The middle was supplemented with additional sections. He acquired the following data:

length - 458.45 m.,
width - 68.86 m.,
weight - 81879 tons,
can transport 564,763 tons.

2. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is the first container ship in the Triple-E series. The customer was the Maersk Line corporation. The service life should not exceed half a century. The length of the structure is 59 m wide, 399 m high, 73 m high. Each of the two engines produces 43 thousand hp. The draft reaches 15.5 m.

3. CMA CGM Jules Verne, France, “ small homeland" - Marcel. The container ship was manufactured by a plant in South Korea. The ship is named after Jules Verne. The crew consists of 26 people; as a rule, Croats and Filipinos are recruited. It has a displacement of 160,000 tons, a deadweight of 186,470 tons. It is 396 m long, 54 m wide, and the draft reaches 16 meters.

4. The container ship Emma Marsk belongs to the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. Since 2006, 7 more analogue vessels have been produced. The length of the structure is 396.84 meters, width is 63.1 meters. The vessel's displacement is 156,907 metric tons. Serviced by a crew of 13 people.

5. MSC Daniela was built in the winter of 2008. Container capacity vehicle is approximately 14,000 TEU. From the outside it resembles the whole city. Construction was carried out by a Swiss-Italian shipowner.

6. The container ship CMA CGM Christophe Colomb was produced by November 10, 2009. The length of the ship reaches 365 meters. It was delivered from a South Korean port. The customer was a French company. The huge carrier was manufactured using technologies that are least harmful to the environment, enhance the hydrodynamics of the product and reduce the consumption of the required amount of fuel. The design is produced to a very high standard.

7. The Oasis of the seas cruise ship is the first in the Oasis class cruise category. Consists of 17 decks, 2704 cabins. In 2009, the novelty was transferred to the shipping company. Construction cost $1.5 billion. The length of the vehicle is 361 meters, width is 66 meters.

8. Queen Mary 2 – ocean liner. When it began operation, it was recognized as the largest passenger ship in the world. The product has the following data: displacement 148528 tons, deadweight 19189 tons. Dimensions: length 345 m, width 42 m. Reaches a speed of 29.6 knots. The liner is capable of accommodating service personnel and a crew of 1,253 people. There are 2620 passengers on board. There are 1310 cabins for them. Adopted for use on January 12, 2004 in France.

9. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USA. Supplemented with a nuclear power plant. Operation authorized in 1961. Construction cost 451 million dollars.

10. Norwegian Epic, class F3. Built in 2010 by STX Europe in France. Its task is to cruise the waters Mediterranean Sea. It is also expected that in winter it will sail among the islands of the Caribbean.

The cargo ship, called Berge Stahl, is the largest of its kind in the world.

The owner is one of the largest Norwegian companies in the world " Bergesen D.Y. Shipping AS" It was founded in 1935. Its fleet numbers about 95 and sizes: , and other ships. The company employs approximately 3,500 people worldwide. Bulk carrier was built in 1986 at the largest shipyard in the world " Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries"and is designed for transporting iron ore. The ship's first owner was a ship-owning company from Liberia, then for $115,000,000 bulk carrier bought by a Norwegian corporation.

Name bulk carrier translated as " steel mountain" Vessel length" Berge Stahl» is the length of three and a half rugby fields and is equipped with ten separate cargo compartments into which ore is placed. Load capacity bulk carrier equal to 365,000 tons. The Eiffel Tower can easily fit on board, but the ship's cargo is iron ore. No one in the world can transport so much at one time. In one flight bulk carrier « Berge Stahl"will deliver enough ore to forge a bridge" Golden Gate" ("Golden Gate"). The cargo holds are so large that they use elevators or rock climbers to clean and paint them during periodic maintenance.

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Power point bulk carrier develops enough power to propel such a large vessel, and itself measures nine by nine meters. The propeller diameter is 9.5 meters and the rudder height is 9 meters.