“HMM Algeciras”: the Largest container ship in the world in Hamburg welcomes

The world’s largest container ship, the “HMM Algeciras”, has run on Sunday for the first Time, the port of Hamburg and at the Burchardkai made.

Hundreds of spectators watched along the Elbe, such as the 400-Meter-long mega-freighter by two tugs into the harbour basin was brought up. To receive a welcome ship with water fountain belonged to. The “HMM Algeciras” is the new flagship of the South Korean shipping company, HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine).

The freighter can load 23.964 standard containers (TEU), and thus well over 200 TEU more than the “MSC Gülsün” and her sister ships were able to lay claim to the title of the world’s largest container giants for themselves. During his stay, the mega-freighter load of approximately 8500 containers or in 13,600 TEU, and delete. Including consumer goods, food and beverages, textiles, electrical items, machines and plant parts, medical devices, chemical products and raw materials of any kind.

On Wednesday around 14: 00 the “HMM Algeciras will leave” the port again. “HHLA is delighted that HMM is now with his largest ship units to Hamburg,” said chief Executive Jens Hansen. “This confirms us in our investments in new bridge technology, and storage capacities, to ship sizes of today to handle.”

The outer dimensions of the container giant, which is about 400 meters long and 61 meters wide – not change for years, but they always carry more containers. The “HMM Algeciras” is the first of twelve sister ships to be delivered over the coming months to the shipping company and between Asia and Europe depart.