The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia has broken its own record for containership utilization after the MSC Gulsun, the largest container ship in the world, departed with 19,574 TEUs loaded on board.As noted back in March:
The milestone is now the third time PTP has set the world record for vessel utilization and the first port in the world to set back-to-back records.
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas is a joint venture between MMC Group and APM Terminals. With capacity to handle up to 12.5 million TEUs annually, it is one of the most advanced container terminals in the world. The port is situated on the eastern side of the mouth of the Pulai River in South-West Johor near confluence of some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. PTP has 14 linear berths totaling over 5km in length, and is equipped with 58 Super Post Panamax cranes, 16 of which have a 24-box outreach. The cranes also have twin-lift capability. PTP’s current average berth productivity for mainliner vessels stands at 100 moves per hour minimum....MORE
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I am not familiar with this "Megaship" nomenclature. ULCS or ULCV but not the "Megaship.
Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line is currently running the largest capacity container ships at 21,400 TEU with a couple of COSCO's ships also over 21,000 TEU.
CMA CGM's flagship, the Antoine de Saint Exupery clocks in with capacity of 20,950 TEU and Maersk has a fleet over 20,000 TEUs.
Those might be "Megaships". And the 23,350 TEU behemoths that MSC has on order definitely would have to be....
Well the Gulsun was delivered in July and is one of nine that will be coming into service by June of next year.
It was only a year ago we were posting:
"Maersk Containership Loads World Record 19,038 TEUs in Malaysia"
