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HMM ALGECIRAS - The world's largest container ship arrives at Hamburg

published on 8 June 2020 - 288 -

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Found on YouTube. Thanks to "Jan Tiedemann" for these fantastic pictures.

This morning i was up to see the maiden call of the world's largest container ship at the Port of Hamburg. The HMM ALGECIRAS of HMM trades between the Far East and Europe and she can carry up to 23,964 teu. Here at Hamburg, the ship will be handled at the CTB Terminal of HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. It was an early start today since the ship already entered the port at 6h in the morning!

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