Knock Nevis
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   Lenght: 458 m
   Beam: 69 m
   Draft: 26.4
   Deadweight: 565,000 mt
   Gross Tonnage: 236,710 mt
   Speed: 13.6 kn
   Year Built: 1981

 
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    Do you know, what is the name of the largest super-tanker of the world, built ever?
  Have you ever seen it?
  Do you want to know more about one giant of the world shipping?
  What is it looking right now?
  And want to see more Ships information?
  Do you know the answers of all questions, because these are the main questions, which every engineer lover is asking himself. And on this website we will try to answer to all of your questions. We will try to explain everything about Knock Nevis, or better known as Jahre Viking or Seawise Giant. This is the vessel with logest history and very good known, because this is the largest super-tanker of the world. This is Knock Nevis.
Jahre Viking  The term "super-tanker" is known in our language as large ship, but in technical language the term is ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier), vessel with pretty large measurements and deadweight more than 300,000 metric tons. And the vessel, which we are trying to intruduce to your attention - Knock Nevis is the largest in this category. The deadweight of Knock Nevis is 565,000 metric tons and the length of the vessel is 458 meters. You can imagine about the measurements of the vessel, just about the deadweight and length of the vessel. because, when we heard about half a kilometer length of such vessel it is some really interesting fact. The vessel Knock Nevis has a beam of 69 meters and draft of 26.4 meters, while the vessel is fully loaded with cargo.
  Isn't it really large ship?