Comments on: Brazilian Supertanker

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:44:19 +0000

Not the Berge Stahl - Hatch covers different, paint different, helipad not even there, superstructure completely different - i’ve seen the Berge Stahl for real. I reckon it’s owened by the same company though. Oh, the Berge Stahl can only go to 2 ports in the world, and the one this ship is near, is not one of those 2.

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:40:39 +0000

I am also looking for specs or dimensions or even blue prints for a super tanker or cargo tanker for a class project. I need to build a model of one!! Can someone offer up a website or any other resource that may help me?

Thanks,

John

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:04:55 +0000

I’m looking for technical blueprints for a supertanker or bulk carrier. Can anybody help me locate these?

Thanks,
Jason

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:16:27 +0000

True, Knock Nevis is somewhere in Qatar not in Rotterdam. This placemark is wrong, Knock Nevis is a tanker. The ship pictured there is a bulk carrier…..

By: P_S_B

P_S_B — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:24:32 +0000

There are two very large tankers docked in the Dubai port and another equally large one on the way into port. Does anybody know which tankers those are?

Google Maps = Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Mark Tom

Mark Tom — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:49:33 +0000

Knock Nevis is outside Quatar, it’s converted from a bulkcarrier to a FPSO

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:50:52 +0000

Nevermind, just read Arjun’s post a little more closely. Happy hunting!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:40:48 +0000

Placemark: Possibly Berge Stahl? / Google Earth

By: Ilpo Järvinen

Ilpo Järvinen — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:57:14 +0000

Hello,

Has anyone seen Knock Nevis in Google Earth lately? If someone has could he give me coordinates or link, cause I haven’t seen it at all.

By: Arjun

Arjun — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:04:25 +0000

Indeed this is not the Berge Stahl. I have been searching for the big ships of the world and am happy to have found and identified 3 so far. Including the Stahl.

I first thought that the gigantic bulk ship in Europoort (one of the 2 ports Berge Stahl docks at) was indeed the Berge Stahl. But measurments with the ruler and comparrison with photographs resulted in a smaller, but still giant ship. I identified it as the Berge Pacific. Other information on websites (from spotters and fan sites) confirmed that. So that set me on the quest of finding the Berge Stahl. The other port this ship docks at is the one near the northern-brasilian city of Sao Luis. Just west of the city you will find a huge ore plant en several ships docked. However the Stahl was still a mystery. I was hoping it wasn’t on its journy in the middle of the atlantic. But luckily i found some ships in the blurry waters (google earth has no clear view of this) a little bit north of Sao Luis. They are obviously waiting for space at the iron ore terminal. One of these, the largest, has the perfect measurements. Around 343 meters in length and around 65 meters in width. Same as the measurements of the Berge Stahl! This is with no doubt this remarkable ship!

I have also been looking for the Emma Maersk, but she is still not spotted by me. I found numerous container vessels larger than 300meters in lenth. However i found 3 contaner ships off around 340-350 meters in length. They all could be the S-series from Maersk One spotted in Singapore, one in Hong Kong and most clear of all the one in Yokohama, Japan. You can read: Maersk Sealand very clearly on the blue side of the ship. I am almost sure it’s the Albert Maersk but i can be wrong. All three are most probably from Maersk. But who knows. It’s very hard to tell from above.

Thanks and have fun spotting! Perhaps you can help me spot the Jahre I failed in doing so!