A ship with a football field. From the ship to the football field. Container ship "Christopher Columbus"

A famous showman and TV presenter, returning from a cruise Caribbean Islands on board the world's largest ship, told FACTS about the miracle ship and its exotic route

Andrey Dzhedzhula is one of the first of our compatriots who was lucky enough to travel on the world's largest cruise ship. Oasis ship of the seas, launched last year. The length of the 16-deck ship is about 361 meters, width - 66 meters, and height highest point above the water line - 72 meters. Designed for 6 thousand 360 passengers and 2 thousand 100 crew, the liner cost the customer almost one and a half billion dollars.

“A dress that sells for a thousand dollars in Kyiv can be bought for 150 in Miami”

This is a real city with a huge amount boutiques, restaurants, discos, swimming pools, fitness and spa centers,” Andrey Dzhedzhula shares his impressions. - Grandiose aqua shows and ice performances are organized on the ship. There is even a garden on board with about 12 thousand plants. Beautiful place! Every morning you wake up in a different place on the planet.

What was your route?

We started from Miami. We did some shopping there first, since some of my friends had “lost” their luggage. I never expected that everything that costs so much in Ukraine can cost so little there. For example, a dress that sells for a thousand dollars in Kyiv can be bought for 150 dollars in Miami.

After shopping we went to the port and, having checked in, got on board the ship - and much faster than you usually get on a plane. But about six thousand people registered! Everything is thought out: there are separate exits and entrances everywhere - depending on the location of the cabins on the ship. First stop - the pirate island of St. Thomas ( Virgin Islands). The pirate theme is reflected on all souvenirs here. Very beautiful beaches. Huge imposing iguanas crawl around the water! And so they strive to get under your feet. I even fed them. Then they landed on the island of Saint Martin, divided between the French and the Dutch. Half of the population on it has French passports, the other half has Dutch documents. And the island itself is the size of our Brovary (laughs). There are countless tourists here, so the prices for souvenirs are sky-high.

You are an experienced traveler. I wonder what shocked me this time?

The first shock, of course, was the ship itself. Huge football field, basketball court, stadium for fans morning jogging, rock-climbing slides, for extreme sports enthusiasts - a simulator of a high surf wave in a pool, a “bungee” on which you soar ten floors down in free flight…

I read that the ship is equipped with the latest technology.

This is true. Everything there is thought out to the smallest detail, there are ultra-modern elevators everywhere, including for the disabled. One of the passengers was completely motionless. Neither his legs nor his arms worked, the man did not part with a catheter and an oxygen mask. He steered his wheelchair using a special device in the pupil. By the way, there were a lot of travelers in electric chairs.

How long does it take to walk around the entire ship?

I admit, I still haven’t gotten around it in a week! Although he was constantly on the move.

On this a huge liner you can probably get lost…

No no! At every step there is a " virtual guide"in the form of an electronic model of the ship. You press a button or enter a word, and it becomes clear where you are in this moment or how to get from point A to point B.

Have you ever felt like you were not on a ship, but on land?

Yes, there was no pitching at all. You can put a wine glass on the table and it will not move a millimeter, the handle will not roll. Only once did the ship rock slightly when we were sailing off the coast of Haiti, where there was an earthquake. There was a terrible storm overboard at that time, but we felt only a slight vibration.

Are the cabins on the ship luxurious?

Nothing supernatural, but very comfortable, there are even two-story apartments. I took the "sea view" cabin. There were also so-called “courtyard” rooms, that is, with a view of the garden. Each cabin has a TV. One channel constantly broadcasts a live view from the bow of the ship.

“Ordering a limousine in New York is cheaper than taking several taxis for a large group.”

How were you fed? Was anything special served?

They prepared different dishes, and probably the entire world cuisine was represented! The ship employs personnel from 80 countries. A very unusual “floating bar”, which smoothly rises up and then falls down. Reminds me of a flying saucer.

You can probably get drunk in no time wearing this.

Yes (smiles). People drank there all the time.

Luxury hotels often give pleasant gifts to guests. Did they give you anything?

Only one passenger was given a gift. He lost 100 thousand dollars in a casino, and he was presented with four trips to this liner.

How for what? Valuable passenger! This one will play again and again.

By the way, how much did the trip cost you?

Expensive, more than a thousand dollars. On the liner, however, there was no need for cash at all. You pay for everything with a credit card. By the way, you enter it into the terminal when you leave the ship and when you return. This system is designed to ensure that none of the passengers are forgotten on the shore or lost. True, if a person does not show up on the ship on time, several thousand people are unlikely to wait for him.

What did you buy to remember your trip?

Fridge magnets - nothing special was found.

What struck you in Nassau?

Nassau is the port “registration” for many liners. There aren't any! Even the Disney ship exists for families with children. Our liner, of course, stood out for its size. He was taller than everyone else, grandiose.

Did you go back along the same route?

We didn't stop at all on the way back. It took exactly 24 hours to get to Miami, and from there we flew to New York. There, however, they experienced stress: they reported that Kennedy Airport was mined. We were not allowed off the plane for three hours. When everyone finally got out, they decided to do something nice for themselves: they ordered a limousine - it was cheaper than taking several taxis for a large group. In New York taxis, riding in the front seat is often prohibited. A special partition made of impenetrable glass separates the driver from the passengers. This is due to the fact that taxi drivers are often attacked. Given this situation, two or three people can fit in a taxi, and there were eight of us. And we fit in the limousine.

And we also feasted on the best sushi in the world in New York - huge, like our chops, made from the freshest fish, with a minimum of rice. What else? We visited the museum where the movie “Night at the Museum” was filmed, went to the Broadway musical “The Phantom of the Opera,” walked along Wall Street, took a helicopter tour over New York, and did a little shopping.

In a word, we had a great time…

We have selected seven of the most amazing giant ships. Five of them have recently set sail, two have already been decommissioned, and you can even buy a ticket for one. Each of them is a champion in their category.

Most long ship on the ground

Length - 488 m, width - 74 m, deadweight - 600,000 tons. Launched in 2013.

Most big ship on the planet and the largest floating structure ever created by man is the Prelude FLING. It is equal in length to the famous Western Wall in Israel. It could accommodate five full-size football fields or 175 Olympic-size swimming pools. However, its purpose is different: it is the world's first floating factory for the extraction and liquefaction of natural gas.

The vessel belongs to the Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell, built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, and will work off the coast of Australia, extracting gas from the ocean floor - the first drilling is planned for 2017. In the strict sense of the word, this is not exactly a ship: Prelude will not be able to sail under its own power, and will have to be towed to the workplace. But this monster is unsinkable and indestructible: it was created specifically for service in the “cyclone zone” in the open ocean and is capable of withstanding a hurricane of even the fifth, highest category. The planned service life is 25 years.

Petronas Towers with spiers

Length - 458.45 m, width - 68.86 m, deadweight - 564,763 tons. Launched in 1979, dismantled in 2010.

The largest oil tanker, Seawise Giant, was included in the Guinness Book of Records for its size. The ship is 6m longer than the 88-storey Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, complete with spiers, and is approximately the width of a football field. It is so large that the draft did not allow it to pass through the Suez, Panama Canals and the English Channel.

Designed and built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in the mid-1970s, the tanker was intended for a Greek customer. However, he refused the purchase: during the tests, strong vibration of the hull was discovered while swimming in reverse. As a result, the ship was resold to a Hong Kong company and rebuilt: its displacement when fully loaded reached an absolute record - 657,018 tons. Over its long life, the ship changed owners and names several times, it was Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont, flew the Liberian, Norwegian, American and Sierra Leonean flags.

In 1986, Seawise Giant was nearly destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War. A missile fired by an Iraqi fighter caused a fire on board, the crew was evacuated, and the ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz and was considered sunk. The Norwegians found it, repaired it and sent it on a new voyage. Since 2004, the world's largest tanker has ceased to be floating and has been used as an oil storage facility near Qatar. In 2009, he made his last trip to the shores of India and was dismantled for scrap. Following the disposal of the giant, the largest supertankers are the four double-hulled TI-class ships: Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe. They have a length of 380 m and surpass their competitors in deadweight - 441,585 tons.

Four Statues of Liberty

Length - 382 m, width - 124 m, deadweight - 48,000 tons. Launched in 2013.

The Pioneering Spirit catamaran, which until February 2015 was called Pieter Schelte, is the absolute champion in terms of deck area. The creators claim that a small town can fit on it. The length could accommodate four Statues of Liberty (93 m with pedestal). The ship was built in South Korea according to a design by a Finnish company. Its function is to lay underwater pipelines and move drilling platforms. In January 2015, the ship arrived in Europe and has already found itself at the center of a scandal because of its name - in honor of the Nazi criminal Peter Schelte Heerm, an SS officer who was found guilty of war crimes and escaped punishment by deception. Seeing giant ship With this name in Rotterdam, the Jewish communities of Great Britain and Holland raised an uproar, as a result of which even the British government spoke in favor of renaming the ship. Under public pressure, the head of the Allseas company, which owns the miracle ship, and Peter Schelte’s own son, Edward Heerma, agreed not to use his father’s name in the name of the catamaran and changed it to the neutral Pioneering Spirit.

Cruise ships are often called cities at sea, and this description is most accurate for them. To understand how huge such ships can be, a comparison can be made with the infamous Titanic. If it had been built in our time, it would not even be in the Top 50. In this list, I will tell you about the 10 largest cruise ships in the world, all of which were built relatively recently, after 2000. Many of them also have twin brothers, who are equally large in size.

1. Royal Caribbean. Oasis of the Seas
This vessel weighs 225,282 tons, is 361.7 meters long and has an official capacity of 5,400 passengers in maximum luxury and comfort. Oasis of the Seas is one of the few ships that cannot sail through the Panama Canal. Not only is it too long for the canal, but it is also too tall and wide. On board you can feel like you are in a huge amusement park. Large-scale shows are held here, not inferior to Broadway, and sports fans can do anything, even rock climbing. The crew serving the ship and passengers numbers 2,400 people

2.Queen Mary II
This ship weighs 151,400 tons and is 345 meters long. The official capacity is 2640 passengers. To get an idea of ​​how huge this ship is, you can put 80 large bumper to bumper tourist buses- this will be comparable in length to Queen Mary II. At each end of the ship you can place a football field, and there will still be room to install an entire Big Ben on the deck. At the time of construction in 2004, it was the largest ship in the world.

3. Disney Dream
This ship weighs 130,000 tons and is 340 meters long. Disney Dream seats 2,500 people and is a miniature version of Disneyland at sea. There is a huge cinema and many other entertainment options, including a water park.

4. Freedom of the Seas
The ship weighs 160,000 tons and is 339 meters long. The ship can accommodate 3,634 passengers. It is sometimes compared to a floating water park, there is also waterslides, and many pools, Jacuzzis, and a wave emulator. There is also a water park for children called H2O and even a skating rink for ice skating enthusiasts.

5. Splendida
This cruise ship weighs 137,936 tons and reaches 338 meters in length. Its capacity is 3274 passengers. The volume of space on board is simply colossal - it is one and a half million square meters, which exceeds the total volume of space, for example, Eiffel Tower in Paris.

6. Norwegian Epic
This vessel weighs 155,873 tons and is 329 meters long. Capacity - 4100 passengers. This a cruise ship was launched in 2010, it is so huge that 5 lifeboats had to be removed to enter New York Harbor. On board you will also find a lot of entertainment, restaurants, and attractions. There is even 24-hour pizza delivery to your room.

7.Celebrity Eclipse
The weight of this vessel is 122,000 tons, and the length is 315 meters. Even if you lined up four Boeing 747s, they would still not exceed the length of this cruise ship. The ship has 19 decks, including a lawn deck where you can play croquet and bocce.

8. Voyager of the seas
This ship weighs 138 thousand tons and is 311 meters long. It can accommodate 3114 passengers. This is one of the first super-giant cruise ships, it has everything you need for comfortable rest- own television studio, ice skating rink, mini golf course with nine holes and much more interesting things.

9. Carnival Dream
The weight of this liner is 130,000 tons, and the length is 306 meters. Capacity - 3646 people. This ship is a real floating amusement park; there are even several cinemas with screens of different sizes.

10. Princess Diamond
Rounding out the top ten largest cruise ships is a ship weighing 116,000 tons and 294 meters long, accommodating 2,670 people. Despite being in tenth place, it is several times larger in area than, for example, Buckingham Palace, or five times larger than the Taj Mahal. There are more than seven hundred high-class cabins with balconies.

It is often expensive to transport cargo by air. And there are no aircraft in the world that can take 18,000 containers or an entire plant on board at a time.

8. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise

An incredibly expensive and one-of-a-kind aircraft carrier. It was planned to build five ships of this class. Only one has been implemented, floating since 1961. The main reason why there are no other similar aircraft carriers: the cost of the ship is $451 million.

The main distinguishing feature of the vessel is nuclear fuel. One “refueling” is enough for 13 years. It is also the largest combat transport ship in the world: length - 342.3 meters.

7. Container ship “Christopher Columbus”

The length of the vessel is 365 meters. Capable of holding 13 thousand 300 six-meter containers. Made in accordance with all modern environmental requirements and standards: does not pollute the sea, produces virtually no carbon dioxide

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6. Container ship MSC Daniela

Length - 366 meters. Holds 14 thousand 6-meter containers. The main feature is the special steel from which this container ship was built. Thanks to it, the thickness of the ship’s skin is smaller → the ship is an order of magnitude lighter than its colleagues in the workshop. But the strength is the same.


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5. Container ship Emma Mærsk

Built in 2006 in Denmark - for the needs of Denmark. A little later they created 7 more of the same ships. Length - 396.84 meters. Capacity - from 11 to 14 thousand 6-meter containers.

The vessel is powered by a huge 2,300-ton diesel engine. There are a lot of technologies on board, thanks to which the environment and all sorts of environmental activists feel calm. Noteworthy: the crew is only 13 people.

4. Container ship Jules Verne

Ship of the French company CMA CGM. Length - 396 meters. Cargo capacity - 16 thousand 20 six-meter containers. Made in accordance with all eco-standards. On board is an incredibly powerful engine: it generates so much energy that it would be enough to supply a town with 16 thousand inhabitants.


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3. Container ship Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller

Length - 399 meters. Power - two engines with a capacity of 43 thousand horsepower each. Loading capacity - 18 thousand 270 six-meter containers. The ship was built in South Korea by the Daewoo company. Cost: $190 million. Launched in 2013. The crew is only 19 people.


 

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