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Hapag and NDL continued to compete until they established a joint-venture container line. The "Hapag-Lloyd Container Line", founded in 1967 and operating from 1968 onward, was established to share the huge investments related to the containerisation of the fleets. The two companies finally merged on 1 September 1970, under the name Hapag-Lloyd. [4]
The Tsingtao Express is 335.47 m long, with a beam of 42.80 m, and draught of 14,610 m. [1] This ship has a double bottom design giving it a capacity of 8749 TEU, 730 of which may be refrigerated containers. It was completed and christened on April 26, 2007. [2]
Tióng-êng Hái-ūn. Evergreen Marine Corporation ( Chinese: 長榮海運; pinyin: Chángróng Hǎiyùn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tióng-êng Hái-ūn) is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company that is headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. [ 5] With over 150 container ships, it is part of the Evergreen Group ...
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]
The Chicago Express is a fully cellular container ship built in 2006 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., in Ulsan, South Korea. Her gross tonnage is 91,020, her net tonnage is 100,000, and her deadweight is 103,890. She is 336.19 m (1,103.0 ft) long and is 42.80 m (140.4 ft) at the beam. [1]
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. [ 4] It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, [ 5] controlling ...
In August 2021, the record for most containers loaded onto a single ship is held by the Ever Ace, which carried a total of 21,710 TEU of containers from Yantian to Europe. [ 2] As of January 2024, the record for the largest container ship is held by MSC 's Irina -class with the capacity of 24,346 TEU.
Beam. 48.35 m (159 ft) Draught. 15.5 m (51 ft) Capacity. 13,177 TEU. The Hamburg Express class is a series of 10 container ships built for Hapag-Lloyd. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,177 TEU.