‘Massive’ 24K TEU Boxship Joins MSC’s Fleet

Credits: Ship-technology

Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has delivered new 24,116 TEU containership MSC Mette built for Swiss shipping major MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and ICBC Financial Leasing Co., reports Offshore Energy.

The delivery ceremony for the vessel took place in China on 27 July. Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua designed the unit. The total length of the ship is 399.99 meters, the molded width is 61.5 meters, and the molded...

https://mfame.guru/massive-24k-teu-boxship-joins-mscs-fleet/

VIDEO: Hudong-Zonghua delivers world’s largest containership

There’s a new holder of “the world’s largest containership” title and it’s another Evergreen Marine Corporation giant, the 24,000 TEU Ever Alot,

Delivered Wednesday by China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd, it measures 399.99 meters in length and 61.5 meters in width. It is the first of four new A-Class box ships set to join the Evergreen fleet from the shipyard.

While cynics may be pondering how many tugs and dredges it would take to move the ship should it follow the example of Eve...

https://www.marinelog.com/video/video-hudong-zonghua-delivers-worlds-largest-containership/

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