World Largest Ship Construction
The Triple E class is 400 meters long and 59 meters wide, making it only 3 meters longer and 4 meters wider than its predecessor, the E class. Despite this small increase in size, a U-shaped hull design over more of a V-shape means that there is still an increase in the shipping capacity of the vessel to 18,270 TEU containers, 2500 more. The draft is 14 meters which is too deep to pass through the Panama Canal, but it can pass through the Suez canal between Europe and Asia. Maersk plans to use the ship for just that route, predicting an increase in Chinese exports. Asia-Europe trade is already the companies largest market and it currently has 100 ships dedicated to this route.
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