HMM's Eight 16,000 TEU Container Ships All Set Sail Fully Loaded

The 16,000 TEU-class container ship No. 1, 'HMM Nuri,' is departing fully loaded from Yantian, China.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] HMM announced on the 21st that all eight 16,000 TEU-class container ships deployed in the first half of the year set sail fully loaded.

Starting with the loading of 13,438 TEU on the 'HMM Nuriho,' acquired in March, the last eighth ship, 'HMM Hanul,' loaded 13,638 TEU and departed from Yantian to Europe. With this, all eight 16,000 TEU-class container ships delivered to HMM in the first half of this year set sail fully loaded consecutively.

HMM's 16,000 TEU-class container ships can carry up to 16,000 containers measuring 6 meters (1 TEU) in length. Considering safe navigation and cargo weight, 13,300 TEU is generally regarded as the standard for a full load. All these vessels are deployed on the North Europe route and operate jointly with 'THE Alliance' members such as Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, and Yang Ming.

With continuous full-load voyages, HMM is regaining competitiveness on the Europe route and is increasing the proportion of the Europe route, a major route in the global shipping market, following its existing strengths on the Americas route.

An HMM official said, "All 20 ultra-large container ships delivered last year and this year set sail fully loaded," adding, "As a representative national shipping company, we will take responsibility and do our best to ensure that export companies' cargo is transported without any disruption."

Meanwhile, since April last year, HMM's twelve 24,000 TEU-class world’s largest container ships deployed on the Asia-Europe route have set a record of 32 consecutive fully loaded voyages. Although the 33rd voyage recorded 99% loading, full loads resumed from the 34th voyage, and so far, 43 out of 45 voyages have been fully loaded.

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