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The largest container ships in the world from 1995 to today
The largest container ship classes in each case are listed below in chronological order, with details of the container capacity in TEU, the most important technical data as well as the valid period. The respective type ship is named. If available, I also list ships that I have photographed, as far as they fit into the specified time frame with regard to their delivery (with indication of the IMO which is linked to the oldest related ship data set).
sonamed "NYK Altair" class - (4743 TEU, 60100 GT, 300,0m x 37,1m) - 12/1994 until 08/1995
type ship: NYK Altair
sonamed OOCL "S" class, 1st generation - (5344 TEU, 68100 GT, 276,0m x 40,0m) - 08/1995 until 11/1995
type ship: OOCL California
sonamed Maersk "K" class - (6418 TEU, 81500 GT, 318,2m x 42,8m) - 11/1995 until 09/1997
type ship: Regina Maersk
Maersk Kleven - IMO 9085546
Kirsten Maersk - IMO 9107887
sonamed Maersk "S" class - (7226 TEU, 91600 GT, 347,0m x 42,8m) - 09/1997 until 03/2003
type ship: Sovereign Maersk
A.P. Møller - IMO 9214898
sonamed Maersk "A" class - (8272 TEU, 93500 GT, 352,6m x 42,8m) - 03/2003 until 07/2004
type ship: Axel Maersk
Arthur Maersk - IMO 9260445
Adrian Maersk - IMO 9260457
sonamed "CSCL Asia" class - (8468 TEU, 90600 GT, 334,0m x 42,8m) - 07/2004 until 03/2005
type ship: CSCL Asia - IMO 9285976
CSCL Europe - IMO 9285988
CSCL Oceania - IMO 9286009
sonamed "Colombo Express" class - (8749 TEU, 93800 GT, 335,1m x 42,8m) - 03/2005 until 05/2005
type ship: Colombo Express - IMO 9295244
all other ships of this class were built after 05/2005
sonamed Maersk "G" class - (9024 TEU, 97900 GT, 367,3m x 42,8m) - 05/2005 until 07/2005
type ship: Gudrun Maersk
sonamed "MSC Pamela" class - (9024 TEU, 107800 GT, 336,7m x 45,7m) - 07/2005 until 02/2006
type ship: MSC Pamela
sonamed "COSCO Guangzhou" class - (9469 TEU, 109100 GT, 350,6m 42,8m) - 02/2006 until 07/2006
type ship: COSCO Guangzhou - IMO 9305570
COSCO Ningbo - IMO 9305582
COSCO Beijing - IMO 9308508
sonamed "Xin Los Angeles" class - (9572 TEU, 108100 GT, 336,7m x 45,6m) - 07/2006 until 08/2006
type ship: Xin Los Angeles
all other ships of this class were built after 08/2006
sonamed Maersk "E" class - (15550 TEU, 171000 GT, 397,7m x 56,4m) - 08/2006 until 11/2012
type ship: Emma Maersk - IMO 9321483
Estelle Maersk - IMO 9321495
Eleonora Maersk - IMO 9321500
Ebba Maersk - IMO 9321524
Elly Maersk - IMO 9321536
Eugen Maersk - IMO 9321550
sonamed CMA CGM "Explorer" class, 2nd generation - (16020 TEU, 187600 GT, 396,0m 53,6m) - 11/2012 until 07/2013
type ship: CMA CGM Marco Polo - IMO 9454436
CMA CGM Jules Verne - IMO 9454450
sonamed Maersk "EEE" class, 1st generation - (18340 TEU, 194800 GT, 399,2m x 59,0m) - 07/2013 until 11/2014
type ship: Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
Matz Maersk - IMO 9619983
Mayview Maersk - IMO 9619995
sonamed "CSCL Globe" class, - (19000 TEU, 187500 GT, 399,7m x 58,6m) - 11/2014 until 12/2014
type ship: CSCL Globe
CSCL Pacific Ocean - IMO 9695133
sonamed MSC "Olympic" class, - (19224 TEU, 192200 GT, 395,5m x 59,0m) - 12/2014 until 06/2016
type ship: MSC Oscar - IMO 9703291
MSC Oliver - IMO 9703306
sonamed MSC "Pegasus" class, - (19437 / 19462* TEU, 194300 GT, 398,4m x 59,0m) - 06/2016 until 03/2017
type ship: MSC Jade - IMO 9762326
MSC Rifaya* - IMO 9767388
sonamed "MOL Triumph" class, - (20170 TEU, 210700 GT, 400,0m x 58,8m) - 03/2017 until 04/2017
type ship: MOL Triumph
all other ships of this class were built after 04/2017
sonamed Maersk "EEE" class, 2nd generation - (20568 TEU, 214300 GT, 399,0m x 58,6m) - 04/2017 until 05/2017
type ship: Madrid Maersk
all other ships of this class were built after 05/2017
sonamed OOCL "G" class, - (21413 TEU, 212000 GT, 399,9m x 58,8m) - 05/2017 until 07/2019
type ship: OOCL Hong Kong
sonamed MSC "Megamax 24" class, 1st generation - (23756 TEU, 232600 GT, 399,9m x 61,5m) - 07/2019 until 04/2020
type ship: MSC Gülsün
sonamed "HMM Megamax" class, - (23964 / 23820* TEU, 228000 - 232000* GT, 399,9m x 61,0m / 61,5*m) - 04/2020 until 07/2021
type ship: HMM Algeciras - IMO 9863297
HMM Copenhagen - IMO 9863302
HMM Dublin - IMO 9863314
HMM Gdansk - IMO 9863326
HMM Hamburg - IMO 9863338
HMM Southampton* - IMO 9868340
sonamed Evergreen "A" class, - (23992 TEU, 235600 GT, 400,0m x 61,5m) - 07/2021 until 03/2023
type ship: Ever Ace - IMO 9893890
sonamed MSC "Megamax 24" class, 3rd generation - (24364 TEU, 236184 GT, 400,0m x 61,3m) - 03/2023 until ?
type ship: MSC Irina
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