The Emma Maersk was dethroned as the worlds largest seafaring vessel this morning when this ship, longer than the Empire State Building, left its dry dock in South Korea for the first time. But this town-sized ship isnt so much built for sailing as it is for pumping gas. Dubbed the Prelude, the ship will soon be headed to an off-shore natural gas field near Broome, Western Australia where it will serve as Shells floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility for the next quarter century. Measuring 1,601 feet long, 243 feet wide, and weighing 600,000 tons, this fuel processing ship will also be the largest such floating refining facility on Earth when its completed in 2017.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:39:35 +0000
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