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The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships'
deadweight tonnage Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water Fresh water or ...
(DWT) and/or
gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...
(GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel. The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships,
ship class A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. This is distinct from a ship type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. For example, is a nuclear aircraft carrier (ship type) of the (ship class). In the course o ...
es or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped. The list does not include non-self-propelled floating structures such as the long ''Prelude'' FLNG.


Oil tankers


Bulk carriers


Container ships


Passenger ships


Other

Other longest ships of their type.


See also

* List of large sailing vessels *
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List of longest naval ships This is a list of longest naval ships. List *Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class. Citations References

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List of motor yachts by length __NOTOC__ This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest active superyachts, with an Length overall, overall length of at least . These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually d ...
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Timeline of largest passenger ships This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given t ...
* List of longest wooden ships *
List of largest ships by gross tonnage Depending on design requirements, some ships have extremely large internal volumes in order to serve their duties. Gross tonnage is a monotonic In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets ...
* Suezmax *
Panamax Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the Panama Canal. The limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in a publication titled "Vessel Requirements". ...
* Malaccamax * Baltimax * Chinamax * Q-Max


References

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Ships A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, ...