''Barzan'' is an ultra-large

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. It is the first of a series of six 18,800 TEU container ships built in South Korea for

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(UASC). As of 2015, it stood among the largest container ships in the world. According to the builder, it has carbon emissions far lower than the

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container ships.

Name

''Barzān'' ( "high place"), is the name of towers used for observation in

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, which is a shareholding state in UASC. The towers were built more than a century ago by Sheikh

Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani ( ar, الامير محمد بن جاسم بن محمد آل ثاني; 17 January 1881 – 8 April 1971) was the son of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. Sheikh Mohammed had a total of 18 sibl ...

, founder of Umm Salal Mohammed village in Qatar.

Construction

''Barzan'' was built by

Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division of the ...

in Mokpo,

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in 2015. She has a deadweight of 199,744 tonnes, and gross tonnage of 195,636. It took the shipyard six months to build her (from steel cutting to launching). Classed under

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as the first ship ever to have “Gas Ready” class notation, ''Barzan'' has, according to the builder, the lowest per-container level of carbon emissions. Her "Energy Efficiency Design Index" is quoted as almost 50% less than the

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limit set for 2025. MV Barzan Team

Ship and operations

Barzan is operated by a multinational crew. As of August 2015, she was placed on the UASC service route of "AEC-1 Asia - Europe container service". This route takes her to the ports of North China (

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), Central China (

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and

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), South China ( Yantian), South East Asia (

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and

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), and four North European ports ( London Gateway,

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and

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). Barzan is managed by UASC

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and classed with DNV GL.

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