The Worlds Largest Container Ship is Now Sailing the Seas

July 13, 2006
To get a sense of the capacity of the 321 meters long and 46 meters wide ship, the builder explains it can hold 1.3 million 29-inch color television sets

To get a sense of the capacity of the 321 meters long and 46 meters wide ship, the builder explains it can hold 1.3 million 29-inch color television sets or 50 million mobile phones.


At present, Samsung Heavy Industries claims 45% of the global shipbuilding industry, having built 181 container ships and having orders for 33 more 9,000 and higher TEU ships.

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