The Emma Maersk has had to surrender its reputation as the largest floating vessel in the world to make way for the Prelude, that took to the waters for the first time in South Korea. Technically, however, the Prelude isn’t really a ship. It’s a floating natural gas facility designed to capture, process, and store liquid natural gas from deep inside the Earth. The 1,600-foot Prelude is three hundred feet longer than the Emma Maersk.
The Largest Ship in the World
