The Maersk line has announced that one of its container ships named after an Indian city has set a world record by surpassing the highest load capacity.
Highest load record
The container vessel ‘Maersk Mumbai’ has set a world record by achieving a load of 19,038 TEU, the highest-ever load so far, surpassing the 19,000-mark for the very first time.
Mumbai Maersk, the second generation Triple-E vessel, left the dock of Tanjung Pelepas Port, Malaysia, over the past weekend and will now sail to Europe. On September 5, the container vessel is expected to make its first stopover at the Port of Rotterdam.
The vessel, with a nominal capacity of 20,568 TEU, is the newest to enter the Triple-E fleet, in May 2018, and is deployed on the Asia-to-Europe service (AE5).
Maersk thrilled
The Maersk Line released a statement, “The world record load of 19,038 TEU has raised a new bar for Maersk by surpassing Madison Maersk, a first generation Triple-E class vessel, which reached 18,215 TEU in 2015,” Maersk Line said in a statement. At the same time, Mumbai Maersk overtakes all other reported record loadings from other carriers. The record-breaking load also marks a sign of progress on one of Maersk’s Core Priorities for this year: to make APM Terminals perform again. Tanjung Pelepas is one of the hub terminals where productivity is currently high, also benefiting Maersk Line in line with the integrator strategy.
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Source: The Hindu
