The ship, measures 399.9 meters long and 61.03 meters in beam and has a deck area of more than 24,000 square meters, about the size of three and a half standard soccer fields
HMM Algeciras can carry some 24,000 containers, if connected end to end, will reach a total length of 150 kilometers.
It sailed for Busan ( South Korea) with 4,560 TEUs of chemical, mechanical and electrical and non-staple food products via Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Suez Canal, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and London
Indian Observer Post
QINGDAO (China), April 26, 2020: At a time when the whole world is struggling to get rid of pandemic novel corona virus, China has sent ‘HMM Algeciras’, the largest container vessel on earth with a TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) capacity of 24,000, on its maiden voyage from the port of Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province on Sunday.
Recently launched in the Republic of Korea, the unloaded HMM Algeciras arrived at Qingdao port in the early morning on Sunday and sailed for Busan on Sunday afternoon with 4,560 TEUs of chemical, mechanical and electrical and non-staple food products.
The container ship's port rotation also includes Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Suez Canal, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and London, according to a report published by the Chinese news agency Xinhua.