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Titanic II is a planned passenger ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic.The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000, while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT).
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.
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1]
The cruise industry is growing too fast and needs to pay more tax to reflect its environmental impact, lobby group Transport & Environment says in a report.
The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, set sail for the first time on Saturday (27 January). It has overtaken sister ship Wonder of the Seas to claim the title ...
OOCL G-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.3 m (201 ft) 235,341: In service COSCO Shipyard Group: OOCL: ONE Innovation: ONE I-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.4 m (201 ft) 235,311: In service Japan Marine United Corporation: Ocean Network Express: Nissei Maru: Globtik Tokyo class Supertanker
The ship is scheduled to set sail in June of 2027, although tickets are not yet available. ... So we had to put a whole new deck in the Titanic. And it’s got a lot of the modern conveniences ...
The ship left the port of Southampton 10 April 1912 for her maiden voyage, narrowly avoiding a collision with SS New York, a ship moored in the port pulled by the propellers of Titanic. After a stopover at Cherbourg, France and another in Queenstown, Ireland, she sailed into the Atlantic with 2,200 passengers and crew on board, under the ...