Globe-class container ship
The Globe class is a series of 5 container ships built for China Shipping Container Lines and later operated by COSCO SHIPPING Lines. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 18,982 TEU. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The first ship, the CSCL Globe, was delivered on 18 November 2014. At the time she was the largest container ship in the world.
CSCL Globe in the port of Rotterdam | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Operators | COSCO SHIPPING Lines |
| In service | 2014-present |
| Planned | 5 |
| Building | 0 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | 188,638 GT |
| Length | 399.6 m (1,311 ft) |
| Beam | 58.7 m (193 ft) |
| Draught | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Propulsion | MAN B&W 12S90ME-C9.2 |
| Capacity | 18,982 TEU |
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