Goliath of the Seas: The Seawise Giant and the Quest for the Largest Ship

We dive into the Seawise Giant—the largest self-propelled ship ever built—and unpack how its unprecedented size challenged physics, engineering, and economics. From a doomed first life to a salvaged giant that spent years as a floating storage hub, this episode reveals how crews engineered around hogging, sagging, and global chokepoints like Suez and Panama. Along the way, we ask what the pursuit of ultimate size teaches us about design, risk, and the future of big systems.

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