The world’s largest container ship record is set in Shanghai
The “King of Cargo” at sea is out of the dock
The ultra-large container ship was successfully docked at Shanghai Changxing Shipbuilding Base yesterday. Photo courtesy of Hudong Zhonghua
News from our newspaper (Reporter Wang Li) Yesterday, the 24,116 TEU super-large container ship built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was in Shanghai Changxing Shipbuilding Base. Undocking smoothly.
This is the largest container ship built in the world so far, and it is also another new record set by Hudong-Zhonghua in the world’s top ultra-large container ship construction field. The total length of the ship is 399.99 meters, which is more than 60 meters longer than the current world’s largest aircraft carrier; the molded width is 61.5 meters, and the deck area is equivalent to nearly 4 standard football fields; At a height of 22 floors, it can carry more than 240,000 tons of cargo, and can load a record 24,116 standard containers at a time. king”.
(Source: Jiefang Daily)