Ships that are like three blocks of the Eixample district: the giants of the ocean

Seawise Giant

• Guy: Oil
• Length: 458.4 m
• Hose: 68.8 m
• Draft: 24.6 m
• GT: 260,851
• Manufacturer: Sumitomo Corporation. Oppama (Japan)
• Year of inauguration: 1981 / Scrap yard: 2010

Also known as Knock Nevis and Jahre VikingWhen it premiered under the name of Knock Nevis, the oil tanker Pierre Guillaumat It was still larger, but after some expansion work, it became the longest ship of all time. It was damaged during the Iran-Iraq War, refloated in 1991, and finally scrapped in India in 2010. It displaced 646,642 tons at full load, the equivalent of about 4 million barrels of oil.

MSC Irina

• Guy: Container ships
• Length: 399.9 m
• Hose: 61.5 m
• Draft: 16.5 m
• GT: 247,000
• Builder: Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (China)
• Year of inauguration: 2023

The MSC series of container ships handles a large portion of the world's container traffic. It has a capacity of 24,346 TEUs (containers).

Pioneering Spirit

• Guy: Crane ship
• Length: 382 m
• Hose: 124 m
• Draft: 23 m
• GT: 403.342
• Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries + Allseas (South Korea)
• Year of inauguration: 2016

It's like two parallel ships joined by a large central structure, like a catamaran. It's designed for installing and dismantling oil platforms. offshore and for laying large submarine pipelines.

Class TI

• Guy: Oil
• Length: 380 m
• Hose: 168 m
• Draft: 25 m
• GT: 160,000
• Builders: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (South Korea)
• Year of construction: 2002–2003

It belongs to the ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) type, a twin-vessel class that includes the TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe, and TI Oceania. Due to their length, they cannot pass through the Panama or Suez Canals. They can displace up to 3.1 million barrels of oil.

Icon of the seas

• Guy: Cruise
• Length: 364.7 m
• Hose: 48.7 m
• Draft: 9.3 m
• GT: 255,800
• Builder: Meyer Turku (Finland)
• Year of inauguration: 2024

The first Icon-class cruise ship to take over from the Oasis-class ships as the world's largest ocean liner. It is powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas) and has a capacity for 7,500 passengers and 2,350 crew members.

Qatarmax

• Guy: Transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG)
• Length: 345 m
• Hose: 53.8 m
• Draft: 12 m
• GT: 147,000
• Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (South Korea)
• Year of inauguration: 2008

Initial fleet of 14 LNG carriers built between 2008 and 2010 owned by Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat)

Some figures

• If we parked the Seawise Giant on Passeig de Gràcia, it would stretch from Carrer Aragó to beyond Gran Via and wouldn't even fit wide enough...
• The height ofIcon of the Seas It would be equivalent to a 15-story building.
• The width of the Pioneering Spirit It would occupy more than one city block from end to end.

Infographic on the ARA Domingo paper