Korean shipbuilder STX has recently announced that the company has successfully worked on a container ship with capacity of 22,000TEU, which will be the world largest box ship.
Not only will this break the record held by Maersk's 13,500TEU ship, but the ship also can economize 40 percent bunker costs for each box. The ship is 460 metres long, 60 metres wide and 30 metres high. The deck is as large as four soccer fields. Even with one propeller, the ship can sail with a speed of 24 to 26 knots per hour, which is similar to other mega-sized container ships. STX has not announced further technological details for the ship but the company stated that the ship has been carefully designed to be able to fit in world's major hubs. With a contract of nine 13,000TEU ships from a European buyer, STX believes that mega ships are still a trend in container ship market.
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