Why Container Ships Got Huge
发布时间 2022-03-27 23:00:12 来源
摘要
In July 2021, Evergreen Marine took possession of the world's biggest container ship: the Ever Ace.
Built for Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine, the ship is as long as the Empire State Building is tall from bottom floor to roof.
With a carrying capacity of 23,992 twenty-foot-equivalent units or TEU, these Evergreen A-class megaships take the record - set just the previous year - from HMM's Algeciras-class ships.
It can hold 10% more cargo than the infamous Ever Given, that one ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal.
These ships herald a new era of ultra-large container ships. And it is a bit of a surprising trend. What is pushing these container ships to get bigger? And is there anything keeping them from getting even bigger down the line?
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