Top 10 World’s Largest Container Ships In 2019
Create By: Jackie Crook
1. OOCL Hong Kong At the first place, we have the OOCL Hong Kong, which is an engineering marvel produced by the firm Orient Overseas Container Line. This lead ship of a series of six G-class ships is the first ship ever to cross the 21,000 TEU mark. Constructed by the Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje shipyard, it has a carrying capacity of 21,413 TEU. With a length of 399.87 metres, breadth of 58.8 metres and a depth of 32.5 metres, it is the largest container ship ever built.
2. COSCO Shipping Universe This giant with a carrying capacity of 21,237 TEU is the largest cargo ship in China. It has a length of 400 metres and is 58.6 metres wide. Built it 2018 by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), it was transferred to China Ocean Shipping Company Limited (COSCO). For optimum performance and enhanced fuel efficiency, the ship is equipped with ABB Turbochargers, which help it to achieve a maximum speed of 22 nautical miles per hour
3. CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupery Named after the French author and aviator Antoine De Saint Exupery, it was built by the Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, Philippines. It has a capacity of 20,954 TEU which makes it the largest container ship to sail under the French flag. It is 400 metres long and 59 metres wide and has a dead-weight of 202684 MT. It was launched in 2017 and entered into service in February 2018 to serve in the French Asia Line 1 (FAL-1), which is the longest sea route connecting Asia to Northern Europe.
4. Madrid Maersk This cargo ship was the first of the eleven Second Generation Maersk Triple E-class containers. Built Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, it is the second container ship to surpass the 20,000 TEU mark with a capacity of 20,568 TEU. Although the official capacity rating of the ship was set to 19,630 TEU, Maersk Line successfully modified the design resulting in the breaking of the 20,000 TEU mark. With a deadweight Tonnage of 192,672MT, it measures 399 meters in length and 58.8 meters in breadth. The Danish container shipping major Maersk Line has the ownership rights over the ultra large container vessel (ULCV), while it is operated by the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group
5. Ever Golden This is another giant cargo ship with an unbelievably high DWT of 218,000 MT. Having a length of 400 metres and a breadth of 58.8 metres, it is longer than four football fields combined. It was built in 2018 by the Imabari Shipbuilding, Saijo shipyard. It is the first 20,000 TEU container ship built at Imabari Shipbuilding, among its sister ships namely Ever – Goods, Genius, Given and Gifted, to be delivered to Taiwan’s cargo shipping giant EVERGREEN which currently operates it. It has an effective draught of 12 metres, but lacks in speed, with the maximum recorded speed being 11.4 nautical miles per hour. It carries the flag of Panama.
6. MOL Truth Proudly carrying the flag of Panama, this ship is operated by the famous Ocean Network Express (ONE) group of Japan. The manufacturer Saijo shipyards of Imabari Shipbuilding Company Limited has ensured a huge size of 400 metres long and 58.5 metres broad. With a deadweight of 189,766 MT and a loading capacity of 20,182 TEU, it operates in the Asia-Northern Europe trade route as part of ‘The Alliance’. The MOL truth has a variety of advanced technologies, such as low-friction hull paint, a high-efficiency propeller and PBCF (*2), a high-efficiency engine plant, and optimized hull shape, which help it in reducing its environmental impact by reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 30%.
7. MOL Triumph MOL Triumph is the seventh largest containership in the world. It was built in March 2017 by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea, for the Japanese shipping operator Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The vessel is the world’s first 20,000 TEU-class container ship. Triumph’s main engine is the MAN B&W G95ME, which provides it with a maximum output power of 82,440 kW. This is enough to enable the vessel to traverse with a service speed of 22.0 knots, while the maximum recorded speed is 24.0 knots.
8. COSCO Shipping Taurus Carrying the pin-wheeled flag of Hong Kong, the Shipping Taurus is another marvel operated by the China Ocean Shipping Company Limited (COSCO). The ship was built in 2018 by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. It is a mono-hull ship meant exclusively for container carriage. The vessel has a length of 399.8 metres and a breadth of 58.7 metres. Interestingly, it is one of the five sister ships of the DNV GL class, each having names of the five famous constellations, namely COSCO Shipping – Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Sagittarius. Each of them has a loading capacity of 20,119 TEU and a gross tonnage of 194,864 MT.
9. MV Barzan This Ultra Large Container Vessel (UCLV) is of the DNV GL class and was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Mopko, South Korea in 2015. As of 2015, it held the record for the largest container ship. Unlike the previous ships generally owned and operated by Chinese or Japanese companies, this vessel is owned by United Arab Shipping Company (UASC).
10. MSC Diana Mediterranean Shipping Company’s MSC Diana measures 399.9 metres in length, 58.8 metres in breadth and 30.2 metres in the draught. This Pegasus-class container ship, with a dead weight of 197708 tonnes, has a carrying capacity of 19,462 TEU. The ship was built in 2016 by Samsung Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries. It is currently registered and sailing under the Liberian Flag.
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