Do you know that 90% of the business of international global trade is by water freight vessels?

 

According to the International Chamber of Shipping, there are currently more than 50,000 merchant ships operating in the oceans. Those who import goods export while completing their journey day and night and passing through large oceans.

 

We are also called container ships or cargo ships because they carry thousands of containers. According to their capacity, they are kept in different categories. And these big cargo ships come in the ULVC (Ultra Large Vessel Container) category.

Top 10 Biggest Cargo Ships in World 2021

In this post, we are going to tell you about the largest cargo ships of the year 2021, which have a capacity of 20,000 containers to 24,000 containers, rather than one thousand. And most of these cargo ships are being built in the year 2020 and are giving their service.

 

1. HMM Algeciras

It is the largest cargo ship in the world, whose capacity is more than any cargo ship in the world. It carries 24,000 thousand containers at a time. And its length is more than 4 football fields.

Capacity: 24,000 Containers

Length: 399.9 meters long

Width: 61 meters wide

Year: 2020

 

2. HMM Oslo

This is the second-largest cargo ship in the world, which is just 172 containers less capacity than the world's largest cargo ship.

Capacity: 23,792 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 61.50 meters wide

Year: 2020

 

3. MSC Gulsun

It is the only cargo ship in the world which has the highest width i.e. 62 meters. And 24 containers can be placed side-by-side within this width.

Capacity: 23,756 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 62 meters wide

Year: 2019

 

4. MSC Mina

It is also a Gulshan class cargo ship with a capacity of 23,656 containers.

Capacity: 23,656 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 61 meters wide

Year: 2019

 

5. CMA CGM Jacques Saadé

This is the world's largest cargo ship which runs on LNG ie Liquified Natural Gas. And whose height is 78 meters which are as high as a 24-story building.

Capacity: 23,000 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 61 meters wide

Height: 78 meters

Year: 2020

 

6. OOCL Hong Kong

Samsung Company not only makes gadgets and home appliances but also makes cargo ships and the name of this firm is Samsung Heavy Industries. This ship has been built by this company. This is the largest product made by Samsung.

Capacity: 21,000 Containers

Length: 399.87 meters long

Width: 58.8 meters wide

Depth: 32.5 meters

Year: 2017

 

7. COSCO Shipping Universe

It is one of the largest cargo ships in the world which has engines fitted with ABB Turbochargers which makes its speed bigger by 48 km/hour. This speed of cargo ship is the highest than any other cargo ship in the world.

Capacity: 21,237 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 58.6 meters wide

Year: 2018

 

8. CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupery

The engines of this cargo ship are environment friendly and are of the new generation. Which release the least carbon emissions and are designed keeping in mind the marine biodiversity.

Capacity: 20,954 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 59 meters wide

Year: 2017

 

9. Madrid Maersk

You must have seen the containers of Maersk Company somewhere. This ship belongs to the same Maersk Company.

Capacity: 20,568 Containers

Length: 399 meters long

Width: 58.8 meters wide

Year: 2017

 

10. EverGreen

Capacity: 20,000 Containers

Length: 400 meters long

Width: 58.8 meters wide

Year: 2018

 

It is also called Ever Golden. And its capacity is 20,000 containers. But sometimes the ships are too big to cause trouble. Recently the ship was passing through Suez Canal. Then the strong winds made the ship rotate so much that both its ends were stuck in the Suez Canal. As you can see in the photos. Today, on March 28, 2021, the ship has passed 6 days and experts are trying their best to get it out. It is stuck in such a way that neither a cargo ship can go nor move here.

 

The problem is that the place it is stuck in is the main route for cargo ships coming to Asia and Europe. Thousands of cargo ships pass through there daily. About an hour after its harvest, around 120 cargo ships were standing in waiting. And due to this, the business is losing about 300 million pounds every hour. Talking about daily, there is a loss of $ 9.6 billion every day.

 

And at the same time, the Suez Canal Authority is also incurring a daily loss of $ 14 million.

 

This ship laden with 20,000 containers is so heavy that it has been able to rotate just 30 degrees after only so much effort.

 

Hope that it will be straightened soon and the rest of the cargo ships will be able to come again.