What is the largest ship in the world?

Question

What is the largest ship in the world?

Answer 1

According to the plaque on the Freedom of the Seas, the Guiness World Record for Largest Passenger Ship in the Cruise Ship Class is currently held by the Freedom of the Seas. The Oasis of the Seas will surpass it as soon as it is launched in 2009.

Answer 2

Queen Mary,Cunard

           and

coming in 2009 The Oasis of the Seas,Royal carribean

Answer 3

This is how Wal-Mart gets all its stuff from China.

The Maersk Line.  Sorry I can't give you photos.

15,000 containers and a 207' beam!

The crew-size for a ship longer than a US aircraft carrier which has a complement of 5,000 men and officers.

Think it's big enough?  

The 207' beam means it was NOT designed for the Panama or Suez Canal . It is strictly transpacific.

The cruise speed: 31 knots means the goods arrive 4 days before the typical container ship (18-20 knots) on a China-to-California run. So this behemoth is hugely competitive carrying perishable goods.

This ship was built in three, or perhaps as many as five sections. The sections floated together and then were welded. The ship is named Emma Maersk. The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 crane rigs that can operate simultaneously.