Largest Container Ship In The World 2014

Top largest container ships in the world.

Largest container ship in the world 2014.

Cma cgm benjamin franklin. It length 399 9 meters width of 61 5 meters across the beam and has 232 618 gt. Cma cgm benjamin franklin is a container ship that was built for the french company cma. The maersk triple e is the largest ship ever built by mankind and is operated by the largest container shipping company in the world.

At 23 964 teu she is the largest container vessel in the world. Pioneering spirit is the largest twin hulled vessel ever built as well as at 124 metres 407 ft the widest ship in the world. It is an engineering marvel of the mediterranean shipping company. 1 cma cgm benjamin franklin.

Back in 2011 maersk signed a contract with daewoo. Hmm algeciras docked in thurrock after travelling from china via south korea the netherlands germany and. Primarily these are the availability of sufficiently large main engines and the availability of a sufficient number of ports and terminals prepared and equipped to handle. Photo is prior to renaming of vessel.

The world s largest container ship has completed its maiden voyage arriving in essex. Built by the samsung heavy industries in south korea. Vessel size has increased faster and more comprehensively than imagined teu is a unit measured by 20 foot containers. The first of a class of five ships intended for asia europe trade routes 5 she was the largest container ship in the world at the time of her launch in november 2014 6 with a maximum capacity of 19 100 twenty foot containers.

Alamy live news 3 the 400m 1 312ft long and 61m 200ft wide ship which was built. Msc gulsun is currently the world s largest container ship with its 23 756 teu capacity.