{"id":2313,"date":"2017-05-17T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2017-05-17T06:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:24:11","slug":"worlds-largest-ship-by-teu-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/2017\/05\/17\/worlds-largest-ship-by-teu-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Largest Ship by TEU Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than two months after the\u00a0MOL Triumph<\/em>\u00a0earned the title of the world\u2019s largest containership by carrying capacity as the first ship to cross the 20,000 TEU mark, a new Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) is already boasting the ability to transport more than 21,000 twenty-foot containers\u00a0as the world\u2019s largest shipping companies compete to expand their fleets.
\nOn Friday, Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) christened the\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>during a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea. With a carrying capacity of 21,413 TEU,\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>\u00a0shatters the record of the world\u2019s largest ship by TEU capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very exciting time for all of us because today marks the first time that OOCL is receiving newbuildings in the 21 thousand TEU size,\u201d said C.C. Tung, Chairman of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, during Friday\u2019s christening ceremony. \u201cIn fact, the\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>\u00a0will be a titan among containerships at sea, with a carrying capacity at 21,413 TEU. An important milestone for us at OOCL indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>\u00a0measures 399.87 meters in length and 58.8 meters in breadth, ranking it among the largest ULCVs in operation today by dimensions. But with the ability to transport 21,413 TEU, it is the first to cross the 21,000 mark. The vessel\u00a0is the first of six identical ships ordered by OOCL at SHI in\u00a0April 2015 for a total cost of US$950 million.<\/p>\n

Christening of\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>\u00a0comes less than two months after the 20,150 TEU\u00a0MOL Triumph<\/em>\u00a0made headlines as the\u00a0first ship to surpass 20,000 TEU<\/a>, but its reign as the \u2018largest ship\u2019 was rather short-lived thanks\u00a0to the\u00a0delivery of the 20,568 TEU\u00a0Madrid Maersk<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our industry seems to have the knack to \u2018out do\u2019 one another in building larger containerships relatively quickly these days, this project is nonetheless an important moment for us,\u201d said\u00a0Tung. \u201cFaced with increasing competition and un-ending pressure on costs, we need to take the bold step in operating larger size ships of quality and high efficiency in order to stay relevant and compete effectively as a major container shipping company.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0OOCL Hong Kong<\/em>\u00a0will be serving the Asia-Europe trade lane on the LL1 service with stops in Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, and Singapore, and via Suez Canal to Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Gdansk, and Wilhelmshaven, before making its return leg.<\/p>\n

OOCL Hong Kong Vessel Particulars<\/h2>\n
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  • Length Overall: 399.870 meters<\/li>\n
  • Breadth: 58.8 meters<\/li>\n
  • Depth: 32.5 meters<\/li>\n
  • Designed Draught: 14.5 meters<\/li>\n
  • Deadweight: approx. 191,317 metric tons<\/li>\n
  • Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Less than two months after the\u00a0MOL Triumph\u00a0earned the title of the world\u2019s largest containership by carrying capacity as the first ship to cross the 20,000 TEU mark, a new Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) is already boasting the ability to transport more than 21,000 twenty-foot containers\u00a0as the world\u2019s largest shipping companies compete to expand their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodwinds.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}