Attack of the super post-Panamax vessels!
Traditionally secretive about its ships, A.P. Moller-Maersk is known to underplay its declared capacity and the “Emma Maersk” is thought to have a capacity ranging from 13,000 TEUs to 15,000 TEUs, based on a reported length of 399 meters (1,310 feet) and 53 meters (174 feet), eclipsing Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries’ yet to be built 13,000-TEU design.
Just wait until one of these behemoths shows up at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach – see port congestion in action! Be amazed at the length of time it takes to unload! Watch as carriers desperately try to find enough containers to load the vessel for its journeys to Asia!
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