container ships are the essential actors of commercial intermodal freight transport
as of today nearly 90 of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by these types
of ships these ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to be more economical
taking advantage of scale and reduce operational expenses
in this video we shall take a look in the largest container ships in the world
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number one ever ace operated by the taiwanese container shipping company evergreen line and
with a capacity of 23 992 20 equipment units ever ac is currently the world's largest container ship
constructed by south korean shipyard samsung heavy industries for approximately 150 million dollars
and was launched earlier in july 2021 this giant ship is 1312 feet long
has 24 rows of side-by-side containers having a massive breadth of 202 feet
number two hmm algaciris hmm algiciris is the second largest container ship with a capacity of
twenty three thousand nine hundred and sixty four twenty equipment units these container ships are
also considered one of the most technologically advanced container ships in the world
it was constructed by dewu shipbuilding and marine engineering in korea this panama flagged vessel
is 1312 feet long with a width of 200 feet and a depth of 105 feet hmm al jacerus which is operated
by the south korean carrier hmm is the first vessel of its series including hmm copenhagen hmm
dublin hmm gdansk hmm hamburg hmm luhaver and hmm helsinki which have the same container capacity
number three hmm oslo hmm oslo follows closely behind her sister ship hmm algericas in third
place of the largest ships the panama flagged vessel is 1312 feet long and 202 feet wide with
a maximum draft of 52 feet hmm oslo has a carrying capacity of 23 700 and 9920 equipment units
number four msc ghoulsan operated by the mediterranean shipping company and built in 2019
at the samsung heavy industries geode shipyard in south korea and is registered in panama
msc ghoulsan constitutes the first of the golson-class ships
it was one of the first vessels in history which could transport 24 container rows side by side
owing to its massive breadth of 202 feet and length 1 312 feet it has a capacity of 23
756 20 equipment units the same as its sisters msc samar msc mia msc fib msc lenny and msc ambra
the vessels have eco-friendly features such as an imo approved hybrid exhaust
gas cleaning system and they produce lower carbon dioxide emissions per unit with the
option of switching to low sulfur fuel or to be adapted for liquefied natural gas in the future
number five cma cgm jacques sade jacques sade of cma-cgm is one of the world's largest container
ships powered by liquefied natural gas the ship was the first of its series to
be laid down in july 2018 at the china state shipbuilding corporation shipyard in shanghai
the vessel has a capacity of 23 twenty equipment units and measures one thousand
three hundred and twelve feet in length with a two hundred and one feet beam
number six oocl hong kong owned by the hong kong-based orient overseas container line
the vessel is currently the sixth largest container ship globally
constructed by the samsung heavy industries geode shipyard it has a carrying capacity of
and thirteen twenty equipment units it is one of the largest container ship ever built
with a length of one thousand three hundred and twelve feet a breadth of 193 feet and a depth of
105 feet number seven costco shipping universe this giant with a carrying capacity of twenty
one thousand two hundred and thirty seven twenty equipment units is the largest cargo ship in china
it has a length of 1 312 feet and is 192 feet wide
built in 2018 by the china state shipbuilding corporation equipped with abb turbochargers costco
shipping universe and its sisters costco shipping nebula costco shipping galaxy costco shipping star
costco shipping planet and costco shipping solar achieve optimal performance and fuel efficiency
for sustainable shipping which help them achieve a maximum speed of 22 nautical miles per hour
number eight cmac jam antoine de saint xupery named after the french author and
aviator antoine de saint xupery it was built by the hanjin heavy industries and construction
philippines it has a capacity of 20 900 and 554 20 equipment units making it the largest
container ship to sail under the french flag it is 1 312 feet long and 193 feet wide and has a dead
weight of 200 and 2 684 megatons it was launched in 2017 and entered into service in february 2018
to serve in the french asia line one the longest sea route connecting asia to northern europe
number nine madrid maersk this cargo ship was the first of the eleven second generation maersk
triple e class containers built by de woo ship building and marine engineering it is the second
container ship to surpass the 2020 equipment unit's mark with a capacity of twenty thousand
five hundred and sixty eight twenty equipment units although the official capacity rating of
the ship was set to nineteen thousand six hundred and thirty twenty equipment units maersk line
successfully modified the design resulting in the breaking of the 2020 equipment unit's mark
with a deadweight tonnage of 192 672 megatons it measures 1309 ft in length and 192 feet in breadth
the danish container shipping major maersk line has the ownership rights
over the ultra-large container vessel while the a.p.a mallormers group operates it
number 10 ever golden having a length of 1 312 feet and a breadth of 193 feet it is longer than
4 football fields combined it was built in 2018 by the imabari shipbuilding seijo shipyard it is
the first 2020 equipment units container ship built at amibari shipbuilding among its sister
ships namely ever he goods genius given and gifted to be delivered to taiwan's cargo shipping giant
evergreen which currently operates it it has an effective draft of 12 meters but lacks speed with
the maximum recorded speed being 11.4 nautical miles per hour it carries the flag of panama
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