Shell's New Ships Will Dwarf Everything on the High Seas
The energy giant's 600,000-ton megaships will process natural gas and shrug off typhoons Monster Ship: I drink your milkshake Shell Gigantic megaships that rival anything afloat could help energy giant Shell drink the proverbial milkshake by tapping undersea gas fields worldwide. They can also safely ignore nature's wrath and weather typhoons while continuing gas sucking operations. The Floating Liquid Natural Gas (FLNG) ships would weigh in at 600,000 metric tons and extend 480 meters long, the largest ships ever built. The Register reports that only the decommissioned French Batillus-class tankers could claim being a tad larger by an alternative gross tonnage method, but adds that the FLNG ships still win out by most measures. Related Articles Extreme Engineering: A Floating City Deep-Water Wind: World's First...