Just two weeks after the delivery of the first containership to surpass the 20,000 TEU mark, the record for the world’s largest containership may have been broken yet again with the delivery of the Madrid Maersk to Danish shipping giant Maersk Line.
According to multiple industry sources, Maersk took delivery of the 20,568 TEU Madrid Maersk on Tuesday from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. With the ability to carry a reported 20,568 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the Madrid Maersk takes the title for the world’s largest ship by TEU carrying capacity.
The vessel is the first of Maersk’s second-generation Triple-E’s, known officially as the EEE Mark II. Maesrk ordered 11 of the vessels in 2015 for a rumored $1.8 billion.
Delivery of the remaining 10 Triple-E Mark II’s is expected to take place between now and the second quarter of 2018. The Madrid Maersk is reportedly measures 399 meters in length and has a beam of 58 meters.
Delivery of the Madrid Maersk comes shortly on the heels of the 20,150 TEU MOL Triumph, delivered to Japanese container shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines on March 28, 2017 by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea. The MOL Triumph measures 400 meters in length and 58.8 meters in beam. It is the first of six 20,000 TEU-class Ultra-Large Container Vessels (ULCVs) MOL ordered from SHI back in February 2015.
On Wednesday, AIS data showed the Madrid Maersk as “Underway Using Engine”. The ships is believed to be headed to Russia where it will take on fuel before entering service between Asia and Europe.
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