We explore the extraordinary story of Seawise Giant, the largest ship ever constructed and the heaviest object to move across the oceans. From its record-shattering dimensions to the moment it was ...

The Seawise Giant was a supertanker that held the record for being the longest and heaviest ship ever built. It was 100 meters longer than the longest active cruise ship currently, the 'Icon of the ...

We’ve all heard of the Titanic and the Exxon Valdez. The story of the tanker that was once known as the Seawise Giant is much less familiar, although it’s every bit as memorable. The largest ship ever ...

While Seawise Giant’s massive size made her majestic, it also posed maneuvering challenges during its navigation through oceans and seas. The journey of the world’s largest ship to be ever built, the ...

A ship that dwarfed the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building in length is an epic tale of engineering ambition. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT At 1,504 feet in length - and with a cargo ...

The Seawise Giant was twice the size of the Titanic and was sunk but sailed again. Weighing more than 564,000 tonnes and measuring 1,500ft in length, she was the largest ship ever built. The amazing ...

The ocean has long been a stage for the world's greatest engineering feats, where ever-more-colossal ships cut through the waves, each a marvel of modern technology. In looking at the world's largest ...

Were this to be a big-budget fiction movie, critics would declare the plot to be absurd: the story of a ship – the largest ever built – being bombed, sunk and then hauled from the seabed and patched ...

Oil tankers are some of the most economically important naval vessels operating today, and they've been around for a long time. The first oil tanker was the Zoroaster, which was built all the way back ...

Strange, then, that so few people know the history behind this gargantuan sea vessel — all 564,000 tonnes of it, about 15m longer than the Empire State Building in New York is high, with a hold that ...