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Hamburg Süd was a major German container shipping line, now fully integrated into Maersk.

➡️ Company basics
🔹 Full name: Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft A/S & Co KG
🔹 Founded: 1871 by Hamburg merchants
🔹 Headquarters: Willy-Brandt-Straße 59-65, Hamburg, Germany
🔹 Founded: 1871 | Defunct: 2023 as independent brand
🔹 Fate: Acquired by Maersk Line in 2017, brand phased out in 2023

➡️ Scale & fleet
🔹 Employees: ∼6,301 in 2016, ∼1,775 current
🔹 Vessels: 130+ container ships operated, ∼70 owned
🔹 TEU capacity: 625,000 TEU fleet, 590,000 TEU slot capacity

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MSC PALOMA is a 14,000 TEU Suezmax container ship in MSC’s fleet.

➡️ Vessel specs – IMO 9441001
🔹 Type: Container Ship / Suezmax
🔹 Built: 2010 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo, South Korea
🔹 Launched: 29 May 2010, delivered 19 Aug 2010, yard no. 4139
🔹 Flag: Panama
🔹 Port of registry: Panama City

➡️ Size
🔹 Length: 365.49 m / 1,199 ft
🔹 Beam: 50.0 - 51.28 m / 168 ft
🔹 Depth: 29.9 m
🔹 Draft: 16.0 - 17.5 m max
🔹 DWT: 165,564 - 190,343 tonnes
🔹 GT: 153,092

➡️ Capacity
🔹 TEU: 13,200 - 14,000 TEU nominal

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HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) is South Korea’s largest container shipping company and a top-8 global ocean carrier.

➡️ Company overview
🔹 Founded: 1976, launched first service with 3 VLCCs
🔹 Former name: Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.
🔹 Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea — 108 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu
🔹 Employees: ∼1,248

➡️ Fleet & services
🔹 Fleet size: 130+ state-of-the-art vessels, 176 under management
🔹 Types: Container ships, VLCCs, bulk carriers, LNG carriers, LPG carriers, heavy lifts, product tankers, multi-purpose ships
🔹 Container capacity: ∼997,170 TEU with 93 vessels, targeting 1.5 million TEU and 130 ships

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The CMA CGM Galapagos is a modern, LNG-powered Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV) owned and operated by the French shipping giant CMA CGM. Delivered in June 2022, it represents a significant step in the company's initiative to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

Core Technical Specifications

🔹 IMO Number: 9894997
🔹 Year Built: 2022
🔹 Shipyard: CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard (China)
🔹 Flag State: France
🔹 Cargo Capacity: 15,254 TEU
🔹 Overall Length (LOA): 366 metres
🔹 Beam (Width): 51 metres
🔹 Draught: 16 metres
🔹 Deadweight Tonnage (DWT): ~154,222 to 155,000 tonnes
🔹 Gross Tonnage (GT): 153,907 tons

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MSC VIRGINIA (IMO: 9908059) is a modern container ship built in 2022 that operates under the flag of Liberia. It is managed by MSC Shipmanagement Ltd. and primarily services major trade routes in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions.

➡️ Key Vessel Specifications
🔹 Vessel Type: Container Ship (Suezmax)
🔹 Gross Tonnage: 138,245 tons
🔹 Summer Deadweight (DWT): 152,500 to 153,616 tonnes
🔹 Length Overall (LOA): 335 meters
🔹 Beam (Width): 51 meters
🔹 Current Draught: 15.5 meters
🔹 Shipbuilder: Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

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MSC MICHEL CAPPELLINI is one of the world’s largest container ships and the lead ship of MSC’s new _Celestino Maresca_ class.

➡️ Vessel specs – IMO 9929431
🔹 Type: Ultra Large Container Ship / Post Suezmax, scrubber fitted
🔹 Built: 2023 by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, China
🔹 Flag: Liberia
🔹 Port of registry: Monrovia
🔹 Christened: 17 July 2023 in Bremerhaven, Germany with 800+ guests

➡️ Size
🔹 Length: 399.93 - 400 m / 1,312 ft
🔹 Beam: 61.35 - 62 m / 201 ft
🔹 Depth: 33.20 m moulded
🔹 Draft: 18.85 m max
🔹 DWT: 281,456 tonnes
🔹 GT: 236,184 8323

➡️ Capacity
🔹 TEU: 24,346 TEU — world’s largest when delivered
🔹 Design: Bridge separated from engine room to maximize deck container layers

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Best unloading scene 👌

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MSC ARINA is one of MSC’s newest and largest container ships — a 24,000 TEU-class megamax.

➡️ Vessel specs – IMO 9839284
🔹 Type: Container / Post Suezmax ship, scrubber fitted
🔹 Built: 2019 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Goeje, South Korea
🔹 Flag: Panama
🔹 Port of registry: Panama City

➡️ Size
🔹 Length: 399.8 - 400 m / 1,312 ft overall
🔹 Beam: 61.04 m / 200 ft
🔹 Draft: 16.5 m summer, 17.7 m max
🔹 Depth: 33.20 m moulded
🔹 DWT: 224,983 - 254,992 tonnes
🔹 GT: 228,741

➡️ Capacity
🔹 TEU: 23,656 TEU nominal, ∼13,500 TEU at 14t homogeneous load
🔹 Speed: Service 18.5 knots, max 25.0 knots

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See those numerous vessels dot the Singapore Strait.

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MSC LAURENCE is a large Suezmax-class container ship in MSC’s fleet.

➡️ Vessel specs – IMO 9467419
🔹 Type: Cellular container ship
🔹 Built: 2011 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, South Korea
🔹 Flag: Panama

➡️ Size
🔹 Length: 365.82 m / 1,200 ft overall
🔹 Beam: 48.40 m / 159 ft
🔹 Draft: 15.5 m max summer
🔹 Depth: 29.80 m moulded
🔹 DWT: 139,408 - 175,327 tonnes
🔹 GT: 140,096

➡️ Capacity
🔹 TEU: 12,400 TEU nominal, ∼9,050 TEU at 14t homogeneous load
🔹 Re**er: 800 plugs
🔹Speed: 23.0 knots service, max 21.4 kn recorded

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