Gallery: A Gorgeous Tour of the Largest Ship in the World

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    The Maersk Triple E is the largest ship ever built. Alastair Wiper photographed it for the September issue of WIRED UK.
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    Wiper not only captured the ship, but the shipyard where it was built, too.
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    The gleaming engine room.
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    The ship can carry 18,000 shipping containers. Here you see the cargo hold.
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    Wiper says he looks for strong lines and symmetry when shooting industrial spaces.
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    WIRED UK writes that the ship is made from 425 pre-fabricated segments which connect to form 21 mega-block segments. Each ship took 955,250 litres of paint.
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    The ship's height is 73 meters.
  • The cabling room. WIRED UK reports that more than 500km of electrical cable supplies power around the ship.
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    The cabling room. WIRED UK reports that more than "500km of electrical cable supplies power around the ship."
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    This is Lars Peter Jensen, the captain of the Matz Maersk.
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    Each propeller weighs more than 150,000 pounds.
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    Wiper was given full access to the ship.
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