The world's largest ship, the CSCL Globe, has arrived in Britain for the first time.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the ship docked at the Port of Felixstowe after the megaship left Shanghai on its maiden voyage on December 8, 2014, whilst carrying 19,100 containers.
The CSCL Globe will be calling at Hamburg, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge in Belgium before heading back to the Far East.
CEO of Hutchison Ports UK, Clemence Cheng, said: “Globe’s arrival shows how important the UK market is to shipping lines. In the future we are expecting a weekly service by ships of this size on the Asia-Europe loop.”
Mr Cheng added that Felixstowe has the ability to handle bigger ships and expects megaships to expand in size.
Cheng said: “We know what our customers are planning and are investing to meet that demand. We are gearing up to handle vessels of a different scale.
“Plans are rumoured to be on the drawing board for ships that can carry 22,000 or even 24,000 containers but the only real restriction is the Strait of Malacca.”
Watch the CSCL Globe below:
(Source: Seriousleisure1 (YouTube))