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Megamax container ship OOCL Spain makes first call in Hamburg

On 1 May 2023, one of the world’s largest container ships, OOCL Spain, arrived at Hamburg’s Container Terminal Tollerort.

The vessel is owned by COSCO-owned ocean carrier Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and has a capacity of 24,188 TEUs. OOCL Spain has a length of 399.9 metres and a width of 61.3 metres.

The vessel’s owners see the boxship as notable for the amount of cutting-edge “intelligent technology” on board, which was built by Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering.

A total of 234 calls by megamax container ships, with more than 18,000 TEUs, in the Port of Hamburg in Germany last year marked a 6% rise. Initial indicators suggest that this trend will be confirmed in the first quarter of 2023.

“The call by OOCL Spain has cemented the trend for more and more megamax vessels to call at the Port of Hamburg. It is obviously crucial that we should maintain our waterway in good condition if we are to remain competitive,” stated Axel Mattern, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing.

OOCL Spain is the first of twelve ships of the MGX 24 series and was put into service in March and sails in the liner service between Asia and Northern Europe.





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