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"Largest Container Ship - Emma Maersk"
"Worlds Largest Propeller"
World's Largest Ship
The recently retired oil tanker Knock Nevis, formerly known as the Jahre
Viking, was the world's largest vessel. Weighing in at almost
565,000 tonnes and measuring 458 metres (1,504ft) in length the giant ship
had a beam of almost 69m (226ft) and drawing over 24m (80ft) of water it could
not enter most of the world's ports. Given the complexity in manoeuvring
such an enormous vessel, the ship was so massive it was too big to navigate
through the English Channel.
Largest Container Ship
With a registered capacity of 13,500 to 14,500 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units
(TEU) the world's largest container ship was launched on the 12th August,
2006 and named, 'Emma Maersk'. Built in the Lindo Yard
in Denmark, the 397 metre (1,290 foot) long, first-in-class, vessel weighs
156,907 dwt and currently boasts the most powerful diesel engine in the world,
a Wartsila 14RT-Flex96c, generating a whopping 109,000 hp. This power
plant is capable of pushing the vessel to a speed of 25.5 knots.
Although featuring accommodation for 30, despite its size, the ship only requires a crew of 13 due to the state-of-the-art technology that supports them.
The 'Emma Maersk' was named after the owners' wife who passed away in December, 2005.Largest Propeller
The world's largest ship's propeller has been manufactured by Hyundai Heavy Industries for a 7,200 TEU container vessel owned by Hapag Lloyd. As tall as a three storey building, the 9.1 metre diameter, six bladed propeller weighs in at 101.5 tons.
Largest Hovercraft
Weighing in at 310 tonnes and capable of carrying 418 passengers and 60 cars is the SRN4 MkIII hovercraft. Despite its size (56.4 m (185 ft) length) the craft can exceed 65 knots (120 km/h / 75 mph)
Fastest Propeller-Driver Boat
The fastest propeller driven boat was the hydroplane Miss Budweiser which reached a speed of 354 km/h (220 mph) in Thermalito Afterbay in California in 2004.
Deepest Diving Submersible
The deepest dives ever recorded fall to the Japanese research submarine known as Kaiko. The unmanned vehicle entered the record books in 1995 when it dived to almost 11,000 metres (36,000 feet) to the bottom of Challenger Deep in the western Pacific. Kaiko proved that life could thrive at extreme depths and discovered many new forms of marine species.
The Busiest Sea Port
Rotterdam in the Netherlands covers an area of 100 km2 (39 miles2) and handled 315.5 million tonnes of sea going cargo in 1998. The port houses one of the largest petro-chemical complexes in the world employing 13,500 people.