As of July 2018 there are a total of 42 Valemax vessels in service with another 2 dozen on order/under construction. Ref Geir Vinnes link..... the Jahre Viking is considered the heaviest vessel ever with greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded (displacement of 657,000 tonnes).


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Matty ... there are aproximately 30 ore vessels or this size on service. They received the nickname CHINA MAX and VALEMAX.

Hi MattyBoy, take a look at this one http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=403032 :-)

So let me get this straight, in words, it's four hundred thousand tonnes ? Is that the heaviest ever vessel?

IMO 9807035 DWT: 400000ts