 Knock Nevis in the Dubai Drydocks |
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| Career (Norway[1]) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Knock Nevis |
| Owner: | First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd.[2] |
| In service: | 2004[3] |
| Career (Norway) | |
| Name: |
1991–2004 Jahre Viking[4] |
| Owner: | Loki Stream AS[2] |
| In service: | 1979[3] |
| Out of service: | 2004[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 260,941 GT[1] 214,793 NT[1] |
| Length: | 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft)[5] |
| Beam: | 68.8 m (225.72 ft)[5] |
| Draft: | 29.8 m (97.77 ft)[5] |
| Capacity: | 564,650 DWT[1] |
The Knock Nevis is a massive ship, currently used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). Owned by the Norwegian company Fred Olsen Production,[1] she was previously a supertanker and still holds the record as the longest ship ever built.
When plying the sea, the vessel had a fully laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), rendering it unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when its load was up to capacity.[6] As a tanker she was known as the Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking.
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History
Knock Nevis was built in 1979 at Sumitomo Heavy Industries's Oppama shipyard as Seawise Giant[1][4] for a Greek owner who proved unable to take delivery .[6]
The shipyard exercised its right to sell the vessel[6] and a deal was brokered with Hong Kong Orient Overseas Container Line founder C. Y. Tung,[6],[7] to lengthen the ship by several metres and add 87,000 metric tons of cargo capacity through jumboisation.[6] Two years later she was relaunched as Seawise Giant.[6]
After the refit, the ship had a capacity of 564,763 metric tons deadweight (DWT), a length overall of 458.45 metres (1,504.1 ft) and a draft of 24.611 metres (80.74 ft).[8] She had 46 tanks, 31,541 square metres (339,500 sq ft) of deck space, and drew too much water to pass through the English Channel.[6]
From 1979 to 2004, she was owned by Loki Stream AS[2] and flew the Norwegian flag.[3]
Damaged during the Iran–Iraq War while transiting the Strait of Hormuz,[9] she was declared a total loss and laid up in Brunei.[9] At the end of the war she was towed to the Keppel Company shipyard in Singapore, repaired, and relaunched in October 1991 as the Happy Giant.[4][9]
Jorden Jahre bought the tanker in 1991 for US$39 Million[10] and renamed her Jahre Viking.[4]
In 2004, she was bought by First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd.,[2][2] renamed Knock Nevis, and converted into a permanently moored storage tanker[6][8][11] moored in the Qatar Al Shaheen oil field in the Persian Gulf.[9]
Size record
The Pentagon, 431m
RMS Queen Mary 2, 345m
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), 342m
Hindenburg, 245m
Yamato, 263m
Empire State Building, 443m
Knock Nevis tanker, 458m
The Knock Nevis was the longest ship ever constructed, longer than many of the world's tallest buildings are tall. Though slightly smaller than Taipei 101 at 509.2 metres (1,671 ft) and the Sears Tower at 527.3 metres (1,730 ft) from street level to top of antenna, she is larger than the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 metres (1,480 ft).
In spite of its great length, the Knock Nevis is not the largest ship, ranking fifth in gross tonnage at 236,710 GT, behind the four 274,838 to 275,276 GT Batillus-class supertankers, the largest self-propelled objects ever constructed.[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Summary.
- ^ a b c d e Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Previous Owners.
- ^ a b c d Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Previous Flags.
- ^ a b c d e f Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Previous Names.
- ^ a b c Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Dimensions.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Singh, 1999.
- ^ Burton, 1996.
- ^ a b Det Norske Veritas, 2008.Dimensions.
- ^ a b c d Pike, 2006.
- ^ Knock Nevis retrieved June 21, 2008
- ^ Det Norske Veritas, 2008, Conversion History.
References
- Burton, Sandra (23 December 1996). "Beijing's Capitalist". Time Magazine (New York: Time). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985727,00.html. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- MV Knock Nevis (classification) at the Det Norske Veritas Exchange.
- Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (2005). "ISL Market Analysis" (PDF). Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics. pp. 3. http://www.isl.org/products_services/publications/pdf/comment_1-2-2005_short.pdf. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- Pike, John (2006-11-11). "Knock Nevis / ex-Jahre Viking". Military Systems. globalsecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/jahre-viking.htm. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
- Singh, Baljit (11 April 1999). "The World's Biggest Ship". The Tribune (India: The Tribune House). http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul11/sunday/head3.htm. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
- United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Jahre Viking". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=370263.
- Watt, Nick (4 January 2007). "Skipper Shortage: Supply Not Keeping Pace". Nightline. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=4087781&page=1. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
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