Checkout World's Largest Container Ship HMM Algeciras, With 24,000 Capacity (Photos)

 

The Algeciras class is a class of container ships consisting of 12 vessels in total. The largest ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 23,964 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

On the 23rd of April 2020, HMM, the 9th largest container shipping line in the world, became the latest title holder of the largest container vessel on the earth when they revealed “HMM Algeciras“, their first 24,000 TEU containership at a naming ceremony in Korea.

The First Lady of Korea, Mrs.Kim Jung-sook who served as godmother, reduce the ropes and formally named the ship at a naming rite at DSME’s Okpo shipyard in Geoje, Korea.

“HMM Algeciras” is the primary of twelve 24,000 TEU elegance vessels scheduled to be sequentially introduced till September 2020 out of a complete of 20, with the balance 8 deliberate for delivery from second quarter of 2021 onwards.