The largest cargo ship in the world

The largest container ship in the world today is the Kelpolo, which is produced by Daewoo Shipbuilding Ocean Co., Ltd. and operated by CMA Shipping Group, and mainly shuttles between Asia and Europe.

The cargo ship is 396 meters long and 54.2 meters wide, with a weight as high as 1.8 million tons, a draft of 1.5 meters, and a load of about 1.87625 tons. The area of a deck is equivalent to four football fields, and the loading capacity of an ordinary cargo ship is 1.600 containers.

Kyle Polo's loading capacity is beyond imagination. It can carry 65,438+06,020 20-foot standard containers, breaking the previous world record holder's record of 65,438+05,600 containers.

Maybe our friends will find these data a bit abstract, so let's be specific. This cargo ship can carry the weight of the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, or two Eiffel Towers at the same time.

Moreover, the volume of this giant cargo ship even exceeds the world's largest luxury cruise ship "Queen Mary II" and the largest warship in Western Europe "French Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier. It is simply a "big MAC" at sea.

The Kelpolo successfully made its maiden voyage on February 20, 20 12. It is mainly responsible for transporting furniture, clothes and Christmas presents to Britain, and it still works at sea until now. It is said that the design team of "Emma Maersk" is still making unremitting efforts to build a new cargo ship with further carrying capacity. With the rapid development of science and technology, it is believed that in the near future, ships will break the record of Kyle Polo.