World's biggest ship Star of the Seas was finished in Finland today and given over to the cruise company. Due to a strike in Spain it will remain in Finland for one more week and palm trees will be planted on the ship in Finland instead of the intended Spain.
Length: 365 meters (1200 feet)
width 65 meters (200 feet)
weight: over 250 000 tonnes.
Puny Finland produces more ships than USA and Russia combined.
Political implications of USA lacking shipping industry? USA is also coming to us begging for icebreakers because they can't build them themselves.