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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

    116 ships
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    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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    Iona

    P&O Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈344.5 m
    Beam≈42 m
    Gross tonnage≈184,089 GT
    Passengers≈5,200 (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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    AIDAnova

    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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    Norwegian Joy

    Norwegian Cruise Line · In service

    Length overall≈333.4 m
    Beam (waterline)≈41.4 m
    Gross tonnage167,725 GT
    Passengers≈3,804 (double)
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    Norwegian Epic

    Norwegian Cruise Line · In service

    Length overall≈329.4 m
    Beam≈40.6 m
    Gross tonnage155,873 GT
    Passengers≈4,100 (double) / ≈5,183 (max)
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    Eurodam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈285.3 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈86,273 GT
    Passengers≈2,104 (double)
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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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    AIDAblu

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈253.3 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage71,304 GT
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    AIDAluna

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈251.9 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage69,203 GT
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    AIDAbella

    AIDA Cruises · In service

    Length overall≈251.9 m
    Beam32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max
    Draught7.3 m
    Gross tonnage69,203 GT
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    Volendam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈237.9 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈60,906 GT
    Passengers≈1,432 (double)
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    Zaandam

    Holland America Line · In service

    Length overall≈237.1 m
    Beam≈32.2 m
    Gross tonnage≈61,396 GT
    Passengers≈1,432 (double)
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    Container ships

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    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

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    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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    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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    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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    Shipyards

    Thirteen builders, from Meyer Turku and Saint-Nazaire to the giant yards of Korea and China, each with its full line-up.

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    Explained

    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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    The Scale Engine

    Any three ships, rendered at true relative scale, next to a 1.75 m person and a full football pitch. Honest proportions, always.

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    The guides

    Spec tables tell you how big a ship is. These tell you what it's like to be aboard one, and how to be ready for it.

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