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The largest container ship in the world is the MSC Irina. She carries up to 24,346 TEU’s (20’ equivalent units). She’s 399.9 meter long and 61.3 meters wide making her far too big to transit the Panama Canal. She mostly serves Europe to east Asia routes.
She was built in China in 2023 and is operated by MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) based in Geneva in cooperation with a Chinese state owned bank. The vessel is flagged in Liberia 🇱🇷 which is common for tax optimization. There is no public information on the cost of this vessel but similar ships cost $240M.
She’s currently in SE Asia with an ETA to Singapore of May 13. On average a TEU carries $54,500 of goods so with an average shipment of 19,000 TEU’s she is carrying over $1.05 Billion of merchandise per sailing.
#shipping
Published at
2026-05-11 02:46:13 UTCEvent JSON
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