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Innovation and rapid growth in the container shipping industry have thrown up a wealth of statistics and superlatives. The next time you see a building six storeys high, remember that this is the size of the engine in a large container ship. If you see a double-decker bus, it’s the size of the rudder. And if you think a mile is a long way, consider that it can take a container ship eight times that distance to stop!
There are over 4,000 container ships afloat around the world*. Most of these – about 94% – have been built since 1980.
Container ships have an approximate lifespan of 26 years.
A large container ship engine has about 1,000 times more power than a family car.
A large fully-laden container ship can weigh the equivalent of 300 jumbo jets.
The world’s biggest container ships are about 1,300 feet long - that’s nearly 400 metres or the distance around an Olympic running track - with a maximum width of 180 feet (55 metres). Their engines weigh 2,300 tons, their propellers 130 tons, and there are twenty-one storeys between their bridge and their engine room. They can be operated by teams of just thirteen people and a sophisticated computer system and carry an astonishing 11,000 20-foot containers. If that number of containers were loaded onto a train it would need to be 44 miles or 71 kilometres long!
In an average year a large container ship travels three-quarters of the distance to the moon. That means that in its lifetime it travels to the moon and back nearly ten times.
Container ships have the capacity to carry several warehouses-worth of goods, which makes one journey very efficient.
A container of refrigerators can moved from a factory in Malaysia to a port and then be shipped the journey of roughly 9,000 miles/14,484 kilometres to Los Angeles in just 16 days.
Container ships carry their containers both on and below deck. Deck-stowed containers on a 11,000 TEU vessel are stacked up to seven to eight high and nineteen across, inter-locked with fittings and secured by special lashings.
Ships generally carry a mix of 20-foot and 40-foot boxes. Most can also carry 45-foot and 48-foot containers on deck.
The gantry cranes that load and unload container ships can be 430 feet tall and weigh up to 2,000 tons
The information technology used on container ships is remarkably advanced. A good example is the computer software that enables precise planning for the loading and unloading of containers and keeps the vessel balanced by increasing and decreasing ballast at the touch of a button.
It is estimated that on average a container ship emits around 40 times less CO2 than a large freight aircraft and over three times less than a heavy truck. Container shipping is also estimated to be two and a half times more energy efficient than rail and 7 times more so than road.
Weekly safety and fire drill sessions take place for all crewmembers when the vessel is at sea to make sure that they are practised for any real emergencies.
* Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd
Innovation and rapid growth in the container shipping industry have thrown up a wealth of statistics and superlatives. The next time you see a building six storeys high, remember that this is the size of the engine in a large container ship. If you see a double-decker bus, it’s the size of the rudder. And if you think a mile is a long way, consider that it can take a container ship eight times that distance to stop!
There are over 4,000 container ships afloat around the world*. Most of these – about 94% – have been built since 1980.
Container ships have an approximate lifespan of 26 years.
A large container ship engine has about 1,000 times more power than a family car.
A large fully-laden container ship can weigh the equivalent of 300 jumbo jets.
The world’s biggest container ships are about 1,300 feet long - that’s nearly 400 metres or the distance around an Olympic running track - with a maximum width of 180 feet (55 metres). Their engines weigh 2,300 tons, their propellers 130 tons, and there are twenty-one storeys between their bridge and their engine room. They can be operated by teams of just thirteen people and a sophisticated computer system and carry an astonishing 11,000 20-foot containers. If that number of containers were loaded onto a train it would need to be 44 miles or 71 kilometres long!
In an average year a large container ship travels three-quarters of the distance to the moon. That means that in its lifetime it travels to the moon and back nearly ten times.
Container ships have the capacity to carry several warehouses-worth of goods, which makes one journey very efficient.
A container of refrigerators can moved from a factory in Malaysia to a port and then be shipped the journey of roughly 9,000 miles/14,484 kilometres to Los Angeles in just 16 days.
Container ships carry their containers both on and below deck. Deck-stowed containers on a 11,000 TEU vessel are stacked up to seven to eight high and nineteen across, inter-locked with fittings and secured by special lashings.
Ships generally carry a mix of 20-foot and 40-foot boxes. Most can also carry 45-foot and 48-foot containers on deck.
The gantry cranes that load and unload container ships can be 430 feet tall and weigh up to 2,000 tons
The information technology used on container ships is remarkably advanced. A good example is the computer software that enables precise planning for the loading and unloading of containers and keeps the vessel balanced by increasing and decreasing ballast at the touch of a button.
It is estimated that on average a container ship emits around 40 times less CO2 than a large freight aircraft and over three times less than a heavy truck. Container shipping is also estimated to be two and a half times more energy efficient than rail and 7 times more so than road.
Weekly safety and fire drill sessions take place for all crewmembers when the vessel is at sea to make sure that they are practised for any real emergencies.
* Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd
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