Container Ship Development

Year Ship Capacity (TEU)*
1956 Ideal-X 112
1971 SL-7 1,968 i
2014 CSCl Globe 19,100
2017 OOCL Hong Kong 21,413  
* Twenty-Foot Equivalent Container Units

Length: 1,311 Feet       Beam: 193 Feet

Capacity is equal to a fleet of  60-foot tractor-trailers 100 miles long.

i   896 35 foot containers and 200 40 foot containers