Showing posts with label Oil Tanker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Tanker. Show all posts

Feb 6, 2015

Size Matters

The largest oil tanker ships displace about 520,000 tons when fully loaded, which is 10 times the 52,310 tons 883 feet length of the Titanic. The largest ship (and largest oil tanker) ever built was the Seawise Giant, 1,500 feet length and displacement 657,019 tonnes (724,239 tons).