Maersk sets world record by stacking 17,603 containers on a ship

Rucking_Fetard

And it'd hold more only theirs no port kitted out anywhere that can do it!

The larger the vessel, the more TEU it can handle and therefore the more efficient it is. Maersk, the Danish transportation company, has just set a new world record for the most TEU loaded on to a single vessel. The record was achieved when the MV Mark Maersk Triple-E class ship left the port of Algeciras in Spain. On board were 17,603 TEU. You can watch it leaving the port in the video below.

In order for so many containers to be loaded on to the vessel Algeciras’ port needed an upgrade. In total, four new Triple-E cranes were installed and four existing cranes were upgraded. The Mary Maersk was built in 2013 and is absolutely massive at 50 meters wide and 396 meters long. Its gross tonnage is 194,849, and according to MarineTraffic it is currently in the China Sea South traveling at a speed of 17.8 knots.


It’s unlikely this is the last world record the Mary Maersk will set. The maximum capacity of the vessel is 18,270 TEU, but no port is capable of loading that many yet. When they do, the Mary Maersk will become that much more efficient and will hold another world record until the inevitable day an even bigger vessel is developed and the ports get upgraded once again to cope with it.

Vid in link.

jamesdiver

I presume they had to upgrade the receiving port too?

BeardySi

Would be rather embarrassing otherwise!

jamesdiver

Should have said it was a rhetorical question

Rucking_Fetard

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Tabnabs

That's a great article and video.

Boilersuits in the mess though, savages! :pac:

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