page_title: TI-class supertanker
hierarchical_section_title: TI-class supertanker
caption_attribution_description: English: The supertanker Hellespont Alhambra in US waters for the first time on 16 May 2002. Now renamed the TI Asia, she is one of four TI class supertankers, the largest ocean going ships in the world as of 2008, since 2004.
context_page_description: The TI class of supertankers comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania, where the "TI" refers to the VLCC tanker pool operator Tankers International. The class were the first ULCCs to be built in 25 years.
  By displacement, deadweight tonnage, and gross tonnage, the TI class ships are smaller only than Pioneering Spirit.
  Compared to the TI class, the Maersk Triple E class container ships are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above-deck containers.
  The previous largest ship, the supertanker Seawise Giant, was dismantled in 2010.
context_section_description: The TI class of supertankers comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania (all names as of July 2004), where the "TI" refers to the VLCC tanker pool operator Tankers International. The class were the first ULCCs (ultra-large crude carriers) to be built in 25 years.
  By displacement, deadweight tonnage (≈ cargo mass), and gross tonnage (a formula value based on internal volume, not mass), the TI class ships are smaller only than Pioneering Spirit.
  Compared to the TI class, the Maersk Triple E class container ships are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above-deck containers. 
  The previous largest ship, the supertanker Seawise Giant, was dismantled in 2010.
caption: Hellespont Alhambra (later TI Asia) in U.S. waters on her maiden voyage 16 May 2002, with nearly 440,000 tons of crude oil.
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