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World's Largest Container Ship Calls at Port of Felixstowe

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

January 7, 2015

 The world’s largest container ship CSCL Globe arrives  on her first visit to Europe at the Port of Felixstowe today - with hundreds of people expected at viewing points to witness the occasion.

The world’s largest container ship arrives on her first visit to Europe  to make her only UK call at the Port of Felixstowe.
 
The Hong Kong-registered CSCL Globe is truly huge – a behemoth of the waves, a new class of vessel able to carry a staggering 19,000 standard-sized shipping containers, even more than the Maersk Triple-E fleet. The previous largest ship to have docked at the port was the Maersk Triple-E, which arrived in November, carrying about 18,000 containers.
 
The CSCL Globe made its maiden voyage from the Port of Qingdao, China in December. The China Shipping Container Lines vessel – built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in a shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and launched last November – is as big as four football pitches.
 

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