Maersk Line reports they have upped the bar today for the most containers ever loaded on to a ship.

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller left Algeciras today with the world-record load of 18,168TEU en route to Tanjung Pelepas.









Maersk Giant Breaks 18,000 TEU Ceiling

zoom Maersk Mary, which left the same port back in August 2014 carrying 17, 603 TEUs. Maersk Line’s Triple E container ship behemoth Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller left the Spain’s Port of Algeciras yesterday loaded with 18,168 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), beating the previous world record held by another Maersk’s Triple E, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is carrying the record-breaking load to Tanjung Pelapas in Malaysia. At the time of its entry into service in 2013, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the first of 20 Triple E class container ships to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), had the largest cargo capacity in TEU of any vessel, and was the longest ship in service worldwide. With a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers, the ship left the Spanish port with only 102 empty slots. ”Personally I am both very proud, and humbled, to be the Captain of the iconic Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, and to be the first vessel to cross the 18.000 TEU limit. All crew members have shared their excitement with cameras, questions, and off course a lot of planning and calculations” said Captain Niels Vestergaard Pedersen.



Triple E container vessel giant 18, 168 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), setting a new world record. The previous record holder was another Maersk’s Triple E, Maersk Line’scontainer vessel giant Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller departed from the port of Algeciras , Spain, yesterday with a load of(twenty-foot equivalent units), setting a new world record. The previous record holder was another Maersk’s Triple E, Mary Maersk , which departed with a load of 17, 603 TEUs from the same port back in August last year. Maersk Mc-Kinney is transporting the record-breaking cargo to Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. Image: J. Koun Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ( Back in 2013 when it became operational, the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the first in a total of 20 Triple E class container vessels to be constructed by DSME ), had the largest load capacity regarding TEU of any ship, and held the title of being the longest operating vessel in the world. Having a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers, the vessel departed from the Spanish port with just 102 empty slots.

“I can’t begin to explain how proud and humbled I am to have the privilege of being the Captain of the iconic Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, and to be the very first vessel that has crossed the 18, 000 TEU limit. All of the crew members have shared their excitement with cameras, questions, and last but definitely not least a lot of planning and calculations,” commented Captain Niels Vestergaard Pedersen.







