List of longest ships

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Size comparison between five of the longest ships of their type

The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel.

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The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than 300 metres (1,000 ft) are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships, ship classes or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped.

The list does not include non-self-propelled floating structures such as the 488 m (1,601 ft) long Prelude FLNG. [1]

Oil tankers

Name Length overall DWT GT/GRT In serviceStatusNotesImageRef
Seawise Giant 458.46 m (1,504 ft)564,650  DWT 260,851  GT 1979–2009Broken upOriginally smaller, jumboisation made Seawise Giant the largest ship ever by length, displacement (657,019 tonnes), and deadweight tonnage. "Seawise Giant" - Singapore, 1990.jpg [2]
Batillus class (4 ships)414.22 m (1,359 ft)553,661–555,051  DWT 274,837–275,276  GT 1976–2003Broken upThe largest and longest ships ever to be laid down per original plans. They became second only to Seawise Giant (after its jumboisation) for deadweight tonnage and length overall. Batillus tanker in Saint-Nazaire.jpg

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Esso Atlantic
Esso Pacific
406.57 m (1,334 ft)516,421–516,891  DWT 247,160–247,161  GT 1977–2002Broken up [8]
Nai Superba
Nai Genova
381.92 m (1,253 ft)409,400  DWT 1978–2001Broken up

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Berge Emperor
Berge Empress
381.82 m (1,253 ft)423,745  DWT 1975–2004Broken up

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TI class (4 ships)380 m (1,247 ft)441,893  DWT 234,006  GT 2002–In service Hellespont Tara-023-cleaned.jpg [13]

Bulk carriers

Name Length overall DWT GT/GRT In serviceStatusNotesImageReference
Valemax (68 ships)360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft)380,000–400,000  DWT 200,000  GT 2011–In serviceAs of 2018, there are five different ship designs that are referred to as Valemax ships. Vale Rio de Janeiro 20120108 01.jpg [14]
Berge Stahl 342 m (1,122 ft)364,767  DWT 175,720  GT 1986–2021Broken upBerge Stahl was the longest and largest bulk carrier in 1986–2011. Berge stahl 1024.JPG [15]
Tubarao Maru
Brasil Maru
Global Harmony
340 m (1,115 ft)327,095–327,180  DWT 160,774  GT 2007–In service [16]

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Ruhr Ore
Alster Ore
340 m (1,115 ft)305,836–305,893  DWT 171,924  GT 1987–2011Broken up Ruhr N IMO 8410108 Pic6 05July2009, Port of Rotterdam.jpg [19]

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Stellar Ace
Stellar Banner
Stellar Crown
340 m (1,115 ft)300,660  DWT 151,596  GT 2015–In serviceStellar Banner sank in 2020. [21] [22]

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Container ships

Name Length overall DWT Gross tonnage In serviceStatusImageRef

Ever Ace

Ever Act

Ever Aim

Ever Alp

Ever Alot

Ever Arm

Ever Art

399.9 m (1,312 ft)235,579  DWT 235,579  GT 2021–In service EVER ACE (51426160884).jpg

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Barzan

Al Muraykh

Al Nefud

Al Zubara

Al Dahna

Tihama

400 m (1,312 ft)199,744  DWT 195,636  GT 2015–In service Container ship Barzan, photographed from the rear tractor KOTUG Boxter.jpg

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MOL Triumph
MOL Trust
MOL Tribute
MOL Tradition

400 m (1,312 ft)192,672  DWT 199,000  GT 2017–In service MOL TRIUMPH (33918491234).jpg [33]

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MSC Diana
MSC Ingy
MSC Eloane
MSC Mirjam
MSC Rifaya
MSC Leanne

400 m (1,312 ft)202,036  DWT 193,489  GT 2016–In service MSC Diana (ship, 2016) IMO 9755933 Port of Antwerp.JPG

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MSC Anna
MSC Viviana

399.98 m (1,312 ft)185,503  DWT 187,587  GT 2016–In service SMIT CHEETAH , MSC ANNA & SMIT EBRO (34136126326).jpg

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Ever Golden
Ever Genius
Ever Gifted
Ever Glory
Ever Globe
Ever Goods
Ever Given
Ever Grade
Ever Gentle
Ever Govern
Ever Greet
MOL Treasure
MOL Truth

399.96 m (1,312 ft)199,692  DWT 219,775  GT 2017–In service Aankomst Ever Glory, groen gestuwd 20.000 TEU containerschip (48060357263).jpg

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Passenger ships

Name Length overall Gross tonnage In serviceStatusImageRef
Icon Class (3 ships)364 m (1,196 ft)248,663–250,800 GT 2024–In service

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Oasis class (5 ships)360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft)225,282–
226,963  GT
2009–In service Oasis of the Seas.jpg

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Quantum class (5 ships)347.06–348 m (1,139–1,142 ft)168,666  GT 2014–In service Quantum of the Seas 03+ (cropped).jpg

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Queen Mary 2 345.03 m (1,132.0 ft)148,527  GT 2003–In service Queen Mary 2 outbound from Southampton 2 Sept 2013.jpg [66] [67]
Iona 344.5 m (1,130.2 ft)184,089  GT 2020–In service IONA & GEMINI (49962752607).jpg [68]
Mardi Gras 344.4 m (1,130 ft)181,808  GT 2020–In service Mardi Gras (2020 ship) in September 2020 (cropped).jpg [69]

Other

Other longest ships of their type.

NameType Length overall DWT GT/GRT In serviceStatusNotesImageRef
Pioneering Spirit Crane vessel 382 m (1,253 ft)499,125  DWT 403,342  GT 2015–In servicePioneering Spirit is the largest twin-hulled vessel ever built as well as, at 124 metres (407 ft), the widest ship in the world.

Photo is prior to renaming of vessel.

Pieter Schelte (ship, 2014) 002.jpg [70] [71]
Q-Max (14 ships) LNG carrier 345 m (1,132 ft)128,900  DWT 163,922  GT 2008–In service Mozah.JPG [72]
USS Enterprise Aircraft carrier 342 m (1,122 ft)1961–2013RetiredUSS Enterprise, the longest aircraft carrier ever built, was inactivated in December 2012. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 June 2004 (040614-N-0119G-020).jpg [73] [74]
Paul R. Tregurtha Lake freighter 309 m (1,014 ft)1981–In serviceThe current Queen of the Lakes (the longest ship operating on the Great Lakes), and last of the "1000-footers" launched there. Paul R. Tregurtha.jpg [75]

See also

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<i>Batillus</i> French supertanker

The Batillus was a supertanker built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil. The first vessel of the Batillus class, she was, together with her sister ships Bellamya, Pierre Guillaumat and Prairial, one of the biggest ships in the world, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant built in 1976, and extended in 1981, although the four ships of the Batillus class had a larger gross tonnage. She was sold for scrap in 1985 after a prolonged downturn in the oil market made her economically impractical.

<i>Bellamya</i> 1976 ship

The Bellamya was a supertanker, built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil. She was the second Batillus class supertanker. Bellamya, together with her sister ships Batillus, Pierre Guillaumat and Prairial, was one of the biggest ships in the world, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant built in 1976, and extended in 1981, although the four ships of the Batillus class had a larger gross tonnage. If size is indicated by gross tonnage—a measure of volume—Bellamya was the largest ship ever built.

CCGS <i>Captain Molly Kool</i> Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker

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The Pierre Guillaumat was a supertanker built in 1977 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie Nationale de Navigation. It was the third vessel of Batillus class supertankers and distinguished for being the biggest ship ever constructed. It was surpassed in length, deadweight tonnage and displacement only by Seawise Giant, which, though it was originally smaller when it was built in 1976, was subsequently lengthened and enlarged.

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LPG/C Ayame is a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC), with a capacity of 83,000 m3 (2,900,000 cu ft), delivered in 2010 from MHI Ltd. of Nagasaki, and under the management of Wilhelmsen Lines Malaysia.

SS <i>Pendleton</i> T2 tanker

SS Pendleton was a Type T2-SE-A1 tanker built in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, United States, for the War Shipping Administration. She was sold in 1948 to National Bulk Carriers, serving until February 1952 when she broke in two in a storm. The T2 tanker ships were prone to splitting in two in cold weather. The ship's sinking and crew rescue is the topic of the 2009 book The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. The book inspired the 2016 Disney-produced film The Finest Hours with Chris Pine, which focuses on the Pendleton rescue.

ACX Crystal is a container ship built in South Korea in 2008. In June, 2017, the ship was damaged in a collision with USS Fitzgerald south of Yokosuka, Japan.

Evergreen G-class container ship Series of container ships

The Evergreen G class is a series of 11 container ships built for Evergreen Marine by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The maximum theoretical capacity of these ships is in the range of 20,124 to 20,388 standard shipping containers.

<i>MOL Creation</i>-class container ship Container ship class

The Creation class is a series of similar sized container ships built for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and now operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE). The ships were built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard and Koyo Dockyard in Japan and have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 8,110 to 8,560 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

Evergreen F-class container ship

The EvergreenF class is a series of 20 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships have a maximal theoretical capacity of around 12,100 TEU. The first ship of this class was delivered in 2020 and built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Samsung Heavy Industries built eight ships in total. A further 12 ships were built by Imabari Shipbuilding at their Marugame and Hiroshima shipyards with delivery starting in 2021.

Evergreen L-class container ship Container ship class

The Evergreen L class is a series of 30 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea and CSBC Corporation in Taiwan. These ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 8,500 to 9,500 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

The Evergreen B class is a series of 20 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships were built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan and Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 2,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

Evergreen S-class container ship Container ship class

The Evergreen S class is a series of 10 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships were built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their Kobe shipyard in Japan. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 6,944 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

<i>MOL Maestro</i>-class container ship Container ship class

The Maestro class is a series of 10 container ships originally built for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and later operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE). The ships were built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their Kobe and Nagasaki shipyards in Japan. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 6,724 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barber Asphalt Company</span>

The Barber Asphalt Company, founded in 1883 by Amzi L. Barber, initially started in Washington, D.C. and later moved its headquarters to New York City. The company leased the largest known asphalt deposit at Pitch Lake, Trinidad in 1888 and expanded its operations with various offices and subsidiaries. After several mergers and name changes, including a joint venture with Standard Oil in 1946, the company played a significant role in paving millions of miles of roads. The Barber Asphalt Company also operated a fleet of tankers and coal ships which were used to contribute to the US Merchant Navy during World War II. The company closed in 1981, selling its assets to various corporations.

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