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OOCL was founded by C. Y. Tung in 1947 as the Orient Overseas Line. In 1969, OOL was the first Asian -based shipping line to transport containerized cargo across the Pacific. Consequently, the company was renamed Orient Overseas Container Line. In those days its Victory-class vessels could carry 300 TEU, a far cry from today's post-Panamax vessels.
OOCL Hong Kong was the largest container ship ever built at the time she [A] was delivered in 2017, [5] and the third container ship to surpass the 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) threshold. She is also the first ship to surpass the 21,000 TEU mark. [5] She is the lead ship of the G class, of which five other ships were built. [3]
In August 2021, the record for most containers loaded onto a single ship is held by the Ever Ace, which carried a total of 21,710 TEU of containers from Yantian to Europe. [2] As of January 2024, the record for the largest container ship is held by MSC 's Irina -class with the capacity of 24,346 TEU.
Beam. 48.2 m (158 ft) Draft. 14 m (46 ft) Capacity. 13,208 TEU. The M class is a series of 10 container ships built for OOCL with a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,208 TEU. The ships were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Construction started in 2012 and the first ship was delivered in 2013.
Orient Overseas (International) Limited ( OOIL) is a Hong Kong, China based investment holding company involved in international transportation and logistics, and property investment and property development. [2] It is the parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world's largest container shipping companies.
The G class is a series of container ships built for OOCL. With a maximum theoretical capacity of 21,413 TEU they were the largest container ships in the world when they were built and the first ships with a capacity larger than 21,000 TEU. [1] They took the title of largest container ships from Madrid Maersk (20,568 TEU).
Website. www .wanhai .com. Wan Hai Lines, Ltd. ( Chinese: 萬海航運股份有限公司; pinyin: Wàn Hǎi Hángyùn Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese shipping company founded in 1965. Since then, it has become one of the largest companies in the container shipping industry, with a fleet of 142 vessels and a carrying capacity of ...
5,000 (2017) Parent. CMA CGM. Website. apl .com. A 40 ft APL container. American President Lines, LLC ( APL, formerly American President Lines Ltd. ), is an American container shipping company that is a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM. It operates an all-container ship fleet, including nine U.S. flagged container vessels.