.jpg) Ever Ace entering the Port of Rotterdam
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | |
| Operators | Evergreen Marine |
| Built | 11 |
| In service | 11 |
| Planned | 13 |
| Building | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | 235,579 GT |
| Length | 400 m (1,312 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 61.5 m (202 ft) |
| Draught | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Capacity | 23,992 to 24,004 TEU |
| Notes | Post-Panamax |
The Evergreen A class (or Ever A) is a series of 13 container ships being built for Evergreen Marine. The largest ships have a maximal theoretical capacity of around 24,004 TEU and are among the largest container ships in the world.[1][2] Six ships are being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Another seven will be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) at two shipyards in China.
As of August 2021, the record for most containers loaded onto a single ship is held by the Ever Ace, which carried a total of 21,710 TEU of containers from Yantian to Europe.[3]
- ^ "ShipmentLink - Vessel Particulars [Enter EVER ACE]". shipmentlink.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Chambers, Sam (19 May 2021). "Evergreen takes the biggest boxship mantle away from HMM by just 28 teu". Splash247.
- ^ "Yantian Reports New TEU Record, While No Updates from Ningbo". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 1 September 2021.