Editing Freedom Ship (section)

==Construction==

[[File:Freedom Ship side view.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|A side view of the proposed Freedom Ship. The largest ship built in the world, the [[Seawise Giant]], was approximately one quarter of this length.]]
Freedom Ship International initially estimated the net cost for construction to be US$6 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] in 1999. However, by 2002, estimates had risen to US$11 billion.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> A July 2008 press release explained the difficulty of obtaining reliable financial backing. In November 2013, the company announced that the project, now with an estimated price of US$10 billion, was being resurrected, though that construction had not yet begun. In 2016, the project affiliated with Kanethara Marine in India.{{cn|date=March 2024}}