"Maersk Containership Loads World Record 19,038 TEUs in Malaysia"

That is a lot of boxes.

From gCaptain:

 Mumbai Maersk at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas.

With a load of 19,038 TEU, the Maersk Line ultra-large containership Mumbai Maersk has set a new world record for the largest load ever carried by containership.

The accomplishment marked the first time a ship has surpassed the once-mythical 19,000 TEU mark.

The Mumbai Maersk, one of Maersk’s second generation Triple-E’s, set the record this past weekend at the Tanjung Pelepas Port in Malaysia. The ship is now sailing for Rotterdam, where it is expected to arrive September 5th.

Mumbai Maersk has a nominal capacity of 20,568 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). It was entered into service in May 2018 and is deployed on the Asia-to-Europe service.

Maersk Line says the record load of 19,038 TEU surpasses the previously-held Maersk record of 18,215 TEU, which was set by the first-generation Triple-E vessel Madison Maersk in 2015. The new record also overtakes all other reported record loadings from other carriers....MUCH MORE, including an overhead view. The thing is ridiculously big.

And speaking of big, gCaptain also has a story on the new ship that we looked at in Tuesday's:

UPDATED—We Are Just Hours Away From The Float-out Of The World's First LNG Powered Cruise Ship
It's a pretty big deal.

When the shipyard hands over the keys to AIDA Cruises, Ltd. (Carnival sub.) it will be the 4th or 5th largest cruise ship (gross tonnage) in the world. And powered by LNG.

Here's gCaptain:

Meyer Werft Floats AIDAnova, the World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

 

AIDANova pictured Tuesday, August 21, 2018, after its float-out from Meyer Werft’s covered building dock. Photo: Meyer Werft

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has floated out the world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship from its covered construction dock in Papenburg.

The float-out of AIDAnova took place Tuesday evening from the shipbuilder’s 504-meter building dock II. The vessel was then berthed at the outfitting pier, where its mast and funnel cladding will be fitted....MORE

There were reports that after the float-out some of the assembled spectators continued the festive mood mit bier und schnaps and got, ah, ship faced.