The bigger they are the harder they fall

‘Allure of the Seas’ – a disaster to a ship of this capacity could cause serious problems when evacuation is needed

In the shipping industry, size matters, says Dag Pike: it was the VLCCs and the bulk carriers that started off the expansion in ship size and they only stopped when they reached the half-million tonne size.

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