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The biggest container ship to call at Hamburg, the 13,800 TEU CMA CGM flagship Christophe Colomb, will visit the German Elbe port regularly from July.

New Hamburg visitor CMA CGM 'Christophe Colomb' is twice as big as this ship, seen negotiating the Elbe at Hamburg.

The biggest container ship to call at Hamburg, the 13,800 TEU CMA CGM flagship Christophe Colomb, will visit the German Elbe port regularly from July.