"PRELUDE":WORLD'S LARGEST VESSEL LONGER THAN EMPIRE STATE BUILDING UNVEILED.

 World’s largest floating vessel, christened “Prelude”, has been unveiled at South Korea.

   At a length of 1601 feet the vessel, owned by Shell Corporation, it is 350 feet longer than the Empire State Building.

    This is a floating Liquefied Natural gas facility which produces natural gases at sea and liquefies it by chilling it at -260 degrees F, in order to facilitate the quicker transportation of fuel around the world. 

    The vessel will be connected to the bottom of the ocean by a series of pipes to extract gas from the ocean.

  The floating giant is expected to produce 3.6 million tonnes and has capacity equivalent to 175 Olympic Swimming pools. When fully laden the ship weighs 600000 tonnes and is 243 feet across.

 In August the two hulls, which were constructed separately, were joined together resulting in the biggest hull ever at 488 metres.

 From the house of Samsung Heavy Industries, this Goliath is capable of withstanding Category 5 Hurricane and can be moored at sea even during the most powerful cyclones. The ship is powered by three 6700 HP engines.

  It is expected to sail off in 2017, and will be deployed somewhere in the shores of Western Australia where it will be employed for the next 25 years.

PS: Prelude is not a “ship” because it is not capable of producing steam on its own and hence must be towed into the ocean.