10 Biggest Oil Tankers Ever Built | Largest Oil Tankers In The World
668Oil tankers had played a massive role in the Second World War – and the end of the war did not stop the growth of the oil tankers' sizes. The biggest oil tanker in that time was the “Bulkpetrol”. She was built at the end of the 1940s and had a capacity of 30,000 tons, which stayed the norm until the middle of the 20th Century. At that time a tanker of around 25,000 tons was a big one and the overall size of tankers was generally limited by the maximum that could use the Suez Canal, about 30,000 tons gross.
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel.
The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than 300 meters (1,000 ft) are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships, ship classes, or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped.
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