While building the world's largest ship of 488 meters in length, the size that can be carried to the Eiffel Tower

Until now, the largest ship in the world is 400 meters long "Maersk · Triple EIt was, but the construction of a huge ship has begun so that four new soccer ball stadiums can be arranged with a total length of 488 meters. For the purpose of mining natural gas, the ship carries the world's first natural gas liquefaction plant.

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The world's largest ship has a total length of 488 meters, which is longer than the Eiffel Tower with a height of 301 meters and the Empire State Building, which is 443 meters high. The drainage volume is 600,000 tons, it is equivalent to the total weight of 6 biggest aircraft carriers in the world. Looking at the photos alongside the building crane, you can see that it is a terrible size.


The ship is called "Prelude" and is one of the world's largest shipbuilders for mining gas fields off the coast of AustraliaGeoje IslandsoSamsung Heavy IndustriesIt is under construction.


The side of the hull like a cliff is painted in red.


At Prelude, electric workers, scaffolding craftsmen, welding workers, etc. are working as teams from dawn, and 30,000 workers are working on board. It will take several years before completion.


Not only is the ship huge but it also has a new type of equipment to collect gas from the ocean floor. Usually from the gas fieldLiquefied natural gasTo collect (LNG), it is necessary to build huge facilities called "LNG chain" such as pipelines and liquefaction plants in the gas field, but Prelude has equipment to liquefy gas on the ship. Therefore, Prelude will be the first in the world to floatLNG plantIt will be born.


With prelude installed equipment, we can omit some of the LNG chain equipment, so it is expected that we can cut huge costs in the Australian gas field line over 100 miles (about 160 km). Prelude scheduled for gas exploration in the 25-year plan has 3.6 million tons of LNG production capacity per year.


If we can collect a large amount of natural gas, which is said to be the "cleanest energy" among fossil fuels, there is a possibility of affecting China and the like where air is dirty by coal-based thermal power generation. In addition, it is attracting attention as alternative energy to replace coal, which connects for over 20 years, which is said to take place until low carbon energy is put into practical use.