World’s Largest Containerships By TEU Capacity
Containership size continues to grow with ever increasing consumer demand and globalization. These ships are currently active in routes connecting Asia to Europe mostly challenging the terminals infrastructure they may berth at next. The lines and the shipyards are pushing larger and larger vessels to the routes at a rapid pace. It isn’t out of the question that we may see 30,000 TEU vessels by the end of the decade. Possibly 50,000 TEU ships further down the road given if engineering and physics allow for a vessel of that magnitude (double the capacity of the largest vessels today).
The shipping lines mass order vessels from shipyards typically in quantities more than 2 in contracts reaching millions, if not billions of dollars. Therefore, they get vessels of the exact same specifications on the routes they plan to use the vessels on. Vessels of the same specification and same line are grouped together to avoid excessive duplicates. Most vessels are constructed, registered, owned, and flagged overseas. Below is a list of the top ten largest containerships by TEU capacity.
23,992 TEUs Evergreen Line Ever Ace — 1312 feet long 202 feet wide. 235,679 GT. Includes Ever Act, Ever Aim, Ever Alp. Built in 2021
23,964 TEUs Hyundai Merchant Marine Line HMM Algeciras — 1312 feet long 200.1 feet wide. 228,283 GT. Includes HMM Copenhagen, HMM Dublin, HMM Gdansk, HMM Hamburg, HMM Helsinki, HMM Le Havre. Built in 2020.
23,820 TEUs Hyundai Merchant Marine Line HMM Oslo — 1312 feet long 202 feet wide. 232,311 GT. Includes HMM Rotterdam, HMM Southampton, HMM Stockholm, HMM St Petersburg. Built in 2020.
23,756 TEUs Mediterranean Shipping Company Line MSC Gülsün — 1312 feet long 202 feet wide. 232,618 GT. Includes MSC Samar, MSC Leni, MSC Mia, MSC Febe, MSC Ambra. Built in 2019/2020.
23,656 TEUs MSC Mina — 1312 feet long 201.1 feet wide. 228,741 gt. Includes MSC Isabella, MSC Arina, MSC Nela, MSC Sixin, MSC Apolline, MSC Amelia, MSC Diletta, MSC Michelle, MSC Allegra. Built in 2019/2021.
23,112 TEUs CMA CGM Line CMA CGM Jacques Saadé — 1312 feet long 201 feet wide. 236,583 GT. Includes CMA CGM Champs Elysées, CMA CGM Palais Royal, CMA CGM Louvre, CMA CGM Rivoli, CMA CGM Montmartre, CMA CGM Concorde, CMA CGM Trocadero, CMA CGM Sorbonnne. Built in 2020/2021.
21,413 TEUs Orient Overseas Container Line OOCL Hong Kong — 1312 feet long 193 feet wide. 210,890 GT. Includes OOCL Germany, OOCL Japan, OOCL United Kingdom, OOCL Scandinavia, OOCL Indonesia. Built in 2017/2018.
21,237 TEUs COSCO Line COSCO Shipping Universe — 1312.3 feet long 192 feet wide. 215,553 gt. Includes COSCO Shipping Nebula, COSCO Shipping Galaxy, COSCO Shipping Solar, COSCO Shipping Star, COSCO Shipping Planet. Built in 2018/2019.
20,954 TEUs CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupéry — 1312.3 feet long 193.6 feet wide. 219,277 gt. Includes CMA CGM Jean Mermoz, CMA CGM Louis Blériot. Built in 2018.
20,568 TEUs Maersk Line Madrid Maersk — 1309.1 feet long 192 feet wide. . 214,826 gt. Includes Munich Maersk, Moscow Maersk, Milan Maersk, Monaco Maersk, Marseille Maersk, Manchester Maersk, Murcia Maersk, Manila Maersk, Mumbai Maersk, Maastricht Maersk. Built in 2017-2019.
