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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.

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Cruise ships & liners

19 ships

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)
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Arvia

P&O Cruises · In service

Length overall345 m
Beam42 m
Gross tonnage185,581 GT
Passengers5,200 (double) / ≈6,685 (max)
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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)
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AIDA Nova

AIDA Cruises · In service

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

14 ships

MOL Triumph

Ocean Network Express · In service

Length overall≈400 m
Beam58.8 m
Capacity20,170 TEU — first past 20,000
DeliveredMarch 2017
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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
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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
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Tankers & giants

12 ships

Tankers · Gas carriers · Bulk carriers · Heavy-lift

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
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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
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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
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Batillus

Société Maritime Shell · Scrapped 1985

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

Nakilat · In service

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

Fleets, line by line

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

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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.

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CUN Cunard

United Kingdom · Carnival Corporation

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

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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.

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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.

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PCL Princess Cruises

United States · Carnival Corporation

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

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PO P&O Cruises

United Kingdom · Carnival Corporation

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

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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.

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MSK Maersk

Denmark · Gemini Cooperation

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

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CMA CMA CGM

France · Ocean Alliance

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

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HLC Hapag-Lloyd

Germany · Gemini Cooperation

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

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EVG Evergreen

Taiwan · Ocean Alliance

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

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HMM HMM

South Korea · Premier Alliance

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

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YML Yang Ming

Taiwan · Premier Alliance

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

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ZIM ZIM

Israel · Independent (partnerships with MSC)

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

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Specialists

4 lines

NAK Nakilat

Qatar · QatarEnergy partner

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

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ALL Allseas

Switzerland · Independent (family-owned)

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

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BB Berge Bulk

Singapore · Independent

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

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

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