Kapal apa yang terbesar di dunia? Di abad pertengahan, kapal terbesar di Armada Cheng Ho panjangnya 400 kaki, setara 120 meter. Kabarnya, berkali-kali lipat dari kapal milik orang Portugis dan Spanyol.
Kapal pesiar Titanic sempat menjadi kapal terbesar di jamannya dengan panjang 269 meter. Saat ini yang terbesar menurut data (wikipedia) adalah Royal Caribbean International dengan panjang 1.187 kaki atau 360 meter. Tiga kali kapal Cheng Ho.
Tapi, bagaimana dengan yang satu ini? Lihat foto di bawah:
![[imagetag] The ship of all ships: The largest cargo transport ship in the world, the Blue Marlin of Dockwise, carries four pontoons and 18 hulls on its back from Nantong Port, China](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/12/article-0-13936DB2000005DC-686_964x549.jpg)
The ship of all ships: The largest cargo transport ship in the world, the Blue Marlin of Dockwise, carries four pontoons and 18 hulls on its back from Nantong Port, China
Blue Marlin mengangkut beban 60.000 ton/dailymail.co.uk
Namanya Blue Marlin. Bisa dibilang, inilah kapal pengangkut kapal, yang bisa mengangkut beban hingga 75.000 ton. Bisa mengangkat banyak kapal, bahkan rig ambang minyak. Konon, saat angkatan laut AS (US Navy) ingin membawa pulang kapal penghancur, USS Cole, ke pangkalan, Blue Marlin inilah yang bertugas mengangkutnya.
Dikutip dari dailymail, Panjang Blue Marlin hanya 712 kaki (lebih pendek dari Royal Caribbean International). Tetapi luas deknya dua kali lapangan bola kaki (football Amerika, ya). Sebagai kapal pengangkut kapal, maksimal kecepatannya hanya 13 knot, walau tenaganya mencapai 17.000 tenaga kuda.
Rig tambang minyak pun 'digendong' oleh Dockwise Vanguard/dailymail.co.uk
Blue Marlin diluncurkan sejak tahun 1999 dinobatkan sebagai kapal (vessel) terbesar di dunia. Mungkin, rekornya tak lama lagi bakal dipecahkan oleh Dockwise Vanguard. Kapal seharga 240 juta Poundsterling ini digadai-gadai mampu mengangkut beban hingga 110.000 ton!
The ship of all ships: The largest cargo transport ship in the world, the Blue Marlin of Dockwise, carries four pontoons and 18 hulls on its back from Nantong Port, China
![[imagetag] Carrying an oil rig: The ship set a new record by delivering BP's 59,500tons semi-submersible Thunder Horse platform from Okpo, South Korea to Corpus Christi, USA in 2004](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/13/article-2158305-13936DB6000005DC-615_964x722.jpg)
Carrying an oil rig: The ship set a new record by delivering BP's 59,500tons semi-submersible Thunder Horse platform from Okpo, South Korea to Corpus Christi, USA in 2004
![[imagetag] Less of a load: Two 'Viktor III - Class' nuclear-powered submarines are carried along the coast of Russia](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/13/article-2158305-13936DA8000005DC-625_964x722.jpg)
Less of a load: Two 'Viktor III - Class' nuclear-powered submarines are carried along the coast of Russia
![[imagetag] The Blue Marlin carrries another oil rigm this time it is Diamond Offshore's semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Monarch. The rig was laoded in Singapore and discharged in Corpus Christi, USA](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/13/article-2158305-13936DAE000005DC-823_964x694.jpg)
The Blue Marlin carrries another oil rigm this time it is Diamond Offshore's semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Monarch. The rig was laoded in Singapore and discharged in Corpus Christi, USA
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