''MSC Beatrice'' is one of the
largest container ships in the world. She has a maximum capacity of 13,798
twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports.Rowlett, 2004. It is based on the volume of a intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box whic ...
(TEU), or 10,500 TEU (14 t each) and is long. Because of her size the
deckhouse
A cabin or berthing is an enclosed space generally on a ship or an aircraft. A cabin which protrudes above the level of a ship's deck may be referred to as a deckhouse.
Sailing ships
In sailing ships, the officers and paying passengers wo ...
was moved forward. This solution increases container capacity as well as improves torsional strength
D. Tozer and A. Penfold: Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS)
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She is the second of eight vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성중공업) is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea (including Hyundai and Daewoo). Geoje (in Gyeongsangnam-do) is one of the largest ...
,Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ( ko, 대우조선해양; abbreviated DSME) is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai and Samsung.
History
On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Ma ...
(DSME), a company spun-off from Daewoo
Daewoo ( ; Hangul: , Hanja: , ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerat ...
in 2000.
Despite her larger claimed capacity, ''MSC Beatrice'' is neither the longest container ship in the world, nor does it have the largest tonnage. With a length of nearly , the is the longest container ship in the world, but Maersk
(), also known simply as Maersk (), is a Danish shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, such as supply chain management and port operation. Maersk was the largest container shipping line a ...
, her Danish owners, using a different basis of calculating capacity, initially only claimed a , but now list a container carrying capacity of 18,000 TEU.
References
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Container ships
Ships built by Samsung Heavy Industries
2009 ships