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Shell to Launch the World's Largest Ships

Posted October 12, 2009 8:32 AM

From Newlaunches.com:

Wide seas, massive ships. Makes sense... and guess Shell figured that out too. They are working on 600,000-ton megaships that will process natural gas. These ships can also apparently withstand nature's crazy anger and weather typhoons. The Floating Liquid Natural Gas (FLNG) ships will hence be the largest ships ever built. It can even go far into the ocean to search and reach out to gas fields that weren't accessible before.

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Re: Shell to Launch the World's Largest Ships

10/12/2009 11:43 AM

"These ships can also apparently withstand nature's crazy anger and weather typhoons."

OK, technically they're not using the word "unsinkable". But still...does anyone else feel a hubris smackdown approaching?
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10/13/2009 4:01 PM

Right on guest, well spoken, sounds like a challenge to me.

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10/18/2009 4:50 PM

...are they gonna name them TITANIC and BRITANIC too?

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