Friday, November 15, 2013

Inside the Maersk McKinney Moeller, the world's biggest container ship (slide show)

The Maersk McKinney Moeller — 1,312 feet long, 194 feet wide, and weighing 55,000 tons empty — is the world's largest container ship and has the ability to carry 18,000 TEUs.

The ship's owner, A.P. Moeller-Maersk, has 19 more Triple-E class vessels on order over the next two years, at a cost of $185 million each.

To view the Bloomberg slideshow: bloomberg.com


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