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haft horsepower |Ship speed=16 knots |Ship range= |Ship complement= |Ship notes= }} |} The '''''Knock Nevis''''' is a massive ship, last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). She was previously a supertanker and was the longest ship ever built, as well as possessing the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, her displacement tonnage was 646,642 tons, |
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became the largest ocean going ships since the previous largest, the single hulled supertanker ''Knock Nevis'' was converted to a permanently moored floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). The class comprises the ships '''''TI Africa''''', '''''TI Asia''''', '''''TI Europe''''' and '''''TI Oceania''''', where the "TI" refers to the VLCC Tanker Pool operator Tankers Internati |
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quefied natural gas. Among oil tankers, supertankers are designed for transporting oil around the Horn of Africa from the Middle East. The floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) ''Knock Nevis,'' formerly the ULCC ''Jahre Viking'', is the largest vessel in the world. The supertanker is 458 metres (1504 Foot (length)|feet) in length and 69 m (226 ft) wide. Super |