<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b4b3c258-1fba-4fae-8bd9-a0a3e2b84a84/C96DE27D-0835-4ACF-9CB7-46F990163CC7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html" href="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html" style="font-size: 11px;">thrillingwonder.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html"><DIV>This is the king of all supertankers, and possibly the biggest ship ever constructed (see French tankers on page 1, competing for this title). However, it is certainly the BIGGEST SHIP still in operation (albeit as a "floating storage and offloading unit" only). There is also a larger-than-life story associated with that ship.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html"><DIV>Built in Japan in 1979 for a Greek shipping magnate, who went bankrupt shortly thereafter, she was sold to the Hong Kong owner, who promptly increased her length even more. In 1981 <B>"The Seawise Giant"</B> was born, biggest among ships.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/AC81B0B1-7E87-4D69-8435-42C65466A223" alt="Cruise Ships, Cruise Travel" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/C32F8B78-E1BC-467A-8483-EB3677A941C5" alt="Cruise Ships, Cruise Travel" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/12/biggest-ships-in-world-part-2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/img/F836241F-EEE9-4440-A996-0D4AD7D0993D" alt="Cruise Ships, Cruise Travel" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C96DE27D-0835-4ACF-9CB7-46F990163CC7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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