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  2. List of largest container ships - Wikipedia

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    Vessel Finder. Retrieved 12 January 2024. ^ "MSC Tessa breaks the record for the world's largest container ship with a capacity of 24,116 TEU". www.phaata.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022. ^ "MSC TESSA, Container Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9930038 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

  3. Unified Soil Classification System - Wikipedia

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    The Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol. Each letter is described below (with the exception of Pt): If the ...

  4. Stowage plan for container ships - Wikipedia

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    Stowage plan for container ships. The holds of a container ship. Stowage plan for container ships or bay plan is the plan and method by which different types of container vessels are loaded with containers of specific standard sizes. The plans are used to maximize the economy of shipping and safety on board.

  5. List of largest ships by gross tonnage - Wikipedia

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    Crane vessel: 382 m (1,253 ft) 124 m (407 ft) 10–15 m (33–49 ft) 403,342 In service Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering: Allseas [1] Prelude FLNG - Floating production storage and offloading: 488 m (1,601 ft) 74 m (243 ft) 17 m (56 ft) 300,000 In service Samsung Heavy Industries: Shell plc [2] Bellamya: Batillus class: Supertanker

  6. Titan sub disaster: Five key questions that remain - AOL

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    The sub’s hull was also made out of carbon fibre, an unconventional material for a deep-sea vessel. Metals such as titanium are most commonly used as they are reliable under immense pressures.

  7. Container ship - Wikipedia

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    The Neopanamax category is based on the maximum vessel size that is able to transit a new third set of locks, which opened in June 2016. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The third set of locks were built to accommodate a container ship with a length overall of 366 metres (1,201 ft), a maximum beam (width) of 49 metres (161 ft), and tropical fresh-water draft of ...

  8. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 90 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

  9. Autonomous spaceport drone ship - Wikipedia

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    An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is a modified ocean-going barge equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform.SpaceX developed these vessels to recover the first stage (also called the booster) of its launch vehicles.