MSC’s record-breaking order for 11 giant boxships in South Korea are larger than initially reported. Analysts at Alphaliner believe the ships, originally reported as 22,000 teu class, could carry 23,356 teu. The ships are believed to be one row wider than the existing largest boxships with a length of 402 m and a breadth of 61.40 m. They feature a length of 24 containers bays, a breadth of 24 deck rows, a height of 2 container tiers – 12 in the holds and up to 12 on deck, leading Alphaliner to christen this ship type the Megamax-24.
The 11 ships – being built at Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuiding & Marine Engineering – will go on the Asia-Europe tradelane when they deliver in two years’ time.