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The bridge FAST FACTS BLUE MARLIN
(from where
the captain
controls the The biggest tankers can
ship) sits far carry even more cargo
forward so than container ships. The
containers can Knock Nevis supertanker
be stacked was 1,504 ft (458 m) Knock Nevis
high without long and could hold
the captain 4.1 million barrels
losing visibility. of oil—enough to fill 260 x 260
Olympic swimming pools. Olympic
swimming pool
Heavy-lift ships, such as the
Blue Marlin, transport huge
structures such as oil rigs
or aircraft carriers. The ship
can submerge its deck to
duck under the structure,
then raise it again with the
cargo on its back.

If every container were
fully loaded, the boat
would be too heavy
to sail. It can carry
a maximum 217,554
tons (197,362 metric
tons), or 11 tons
(10 metric tons)
per container.

At 73 m (240 ft) tall,
the MSC Oscar is as tall
as a 25-story building. It is
also 13 times longer than a
blue whale, and seven buses
could park end-to-end across
its 59-m (194-ft) width.
It sails between Asia
and Europe.
Fully loaded,
MSC Oscar
could carry
38,448 cars or
920 million
cans of soup.

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