Inside the World's Biggest Container Ship Ever Built

Imagine huge

container

s towering over famous buildings and capable of holding over 20,000

container

s at a time, but wait, it's not even the largest. We have three more giant container

ship

s that will leave you in awe, making it hard to believe that humans

built

them, operated by Evergreen Marine of Taiwan and registered at the Port of Panama, the lot is part of the Evergreen a class container

ship

s. In theory, these ships support the capacity to carry 23,990 containers, but even that couldn't beat the main contender for that spot which We'll talk about later, based on gross tonnage, they are the third largest container ship

ever

built

by man and Evergreen Marine ordered 13 of these ships to be built, six of them are supposed to be completed by cssc, while another seven are in the hands of Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea so far there are 11 ships in service and they are being building two more.

One of these Evergreen Marines class ships set the

world

record for the largest number of containers transported from Yantian to Europe. She was loaded with 2,710 metal boxes and they made the trip around the

world

according to news from Taiwan. Samsung Heavy Industries reached a deal with the Taiwanese shipping company to build the Ever Ace for the modest price of $150 million. In 2019, the SSC subsidiary built the Ever for a little less, pricing it at $145 million, just like The previous ship, this one is 1,312 feet long but is 202 feet wide, the ship's draft is 56 feet, allowing it to carry between 23,990 and 24.2 containers, the weight of those containers cannot exceed 240,000 tons, which is equivalent to moving 24 Eiffel towers at the same time on the bow.

The boat has a pair of bow struts that are positioned to improve lot maneuverability at low speeds. The accommodation deck is located in the middle of the ship and there are two lifeboats on each side. The accommodation deck is where the crew members will live during deployment. There are a total of nine decks and each of them has a different role. top is called Monkey Island which is the observation point below we have the navigation bridge which houses the steering system communication equipment and engine controls basically this is where humans can control one of the largest structures n

ever

built below, this is deck H, which contains the electrical equipment.

Fe and D decks are designed for accommodation, this is where the crew sleeps. Deck C is for recreational rooms such as the gymnasium locker room and theater. Near the bottom is B Deck, this is where the chefs prepare the food in the galley. They also have a room. for food storage and a dining room, deck A could be called emergency deck, it is where the fire control station, hospital and drying room are located, at the bottom is deck U, which is where the Crew members will store your luggage at all times. It uses something called hydrodynamic optimization technology, this is what helps the boat reach high speed without increasing fuel consumption.

Speaking of fuel optimization, each batch is powered by the GD 11x 92b wind main engine that produces 58.60 KW of energy or 79,500 horsepower, allowing the boat to travel at a speed of around 22.5 knots. Some say the engine is so big that it is bigger than most houses, the pistons alone measure 3.1 feet in diameter to give you perspective on how big the Guinness World Record is for the largest engine has pistons with a diameter of 3.15 feet or the size of an acoustic guitar when the largest container ship by gross tonnage was built, measuring 33,658 gross tons and operated by the French CMA CGM when the ship was built in 2020, it was the The ship largest container ship powered by liquefied natural gas or LNG, speaking of which, the entire construction focused on the 660,000 CBT fuel tank that stored the LNG at a temperature of -28°F 161°C.

With a fuel tank of this size, the tanker can transport. go from Asia to northern Europe without stopping. It is a trip of 23,400 M. The most important part of building an LG engine boat is the insulation of the fuel tank because the boat's fuel must be kept at abnormally low temperatures to remain liquid for longer. Layers of insulation are placed around it and the CMD wind GD 12x 92 DF engine was built especially for the LG-powered vessel. The company called it the most powerful LNG engine ever built for a container ship, just like the ship, the engine was so huge.

They were only assembled in pieces after putting the crankshaft in place, they needed to test if it would work smoothly. Only after engineers were sure of the engine's efficiency did they place the cover on top. When finally assembled, the engine produced 63,800 KW of energy, which is the same as 60 wind turbines or 10 Airbus A380 jet engines, the main reason why CMA CGM decided to opt for LNG fuel is because it produces 20% less of CO2 emissions, 99% less sulfur oxides, 92% less nitrogen oxide and 91% less articulated matter of fine parts. Because LG is considered the least polluting type of fossil fuel, these vessels will be one step closer to zero emissions.

Going back to the construction process, the container ship had to be assembled in parts because it was so large, these parts were then professionally welded to prevent any leaks, the LNG was also the first section to be placed in the middle of the dry dock and the rest of The pieces followed after the gigantic slabs of steel that formed the ship's lobby were assembled using giant cranes to lift them into place to give the ship its iconic blue-green color. Special paint Cranes were used, workers hand-painted the lettering on the ship when they started until the ship hole was assembled.

It took cscc or China State Shipbuilding Corporation about 14 months since the ship came into service. on September 23, 2020, means that construction began sometime in 2018, taking into account all the grueling and lengthy sea trials that Jac Shard Day had to go through. We've been talking about the enormous size of the ship, but we never told you the actual numbers that the Jac fragmented. She is 1,312 feet long and has a beam of 21 feet, making her longer than four football fields and approximately 300 feet longer than the USS Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. With her remarkable size, the Jac shardai can transport 23,123 ERS worldwide, the price of nine sister ships.

That c CGM paid CSSC was $1.2 billion in 2017, doing some basic math it works out to $133 million per ship. She is the largest container ship per teu or 20-foot equivalent unit. She is the hudong type container ship operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company. so impressively large that exactly $24,000 can be loaded and 346 containers transported around the world. MSC ordered 10 hudong-type container ships, but so far only two have been built: MSC Arena and MSC Loretto are both registered under the Liberian flag, but Reoperated by the Swiss MSC, this Maiden of the Seas is so large that it measures 1 .32 feet long and has a beam of 2011 feet.

The ship itself has a gross tonnage of 233,000. She will be built by YZJ Shipbuilding in Singapore. The MSCI Arena took its maiden voyage on April 10, 20203 from Ganges Port loaded with thousands of containers carrying everything from furniture and textiles to heavy appliances and electronics, it will sail from China to Europe where it will deliver the containers whose exact price we do not know. of each of the vessels, but we discovered that MSC obtained a boom leasing lease in 2020 in China, the agreement was made for 4 vessels and was worth 600 million. If this deal was just for the four hudong-type container ships, it means each ship costs an estimated $150 million.

Container ships are impressive, but not only because of their size and carrying capacity, but also because they play a crucial role in the maritime industry. If you enjoyed our video, join our membership pilot club to support us and you'll get Monthly Custom Paper Airplane Designs. Early access to our video and members-only patches to stand out in the comments. Click Join Now and be part of the adventure today.