The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on the Asia Europe 1 (AE1) service, rotating Shanghai - Dalian - Qingdao - Singapore - Port Said - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai.
The 89 ton steel structure was lifted onto a barge at VT's Portsmouth Shipbuilding Facility and towed over 600 nautical miles by tug, completing the transit in just over four days.
MJ Information No: 21828
