On October 16th, Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it had developed the worlds largest container ship, with a capacity of 16,000 TEU, four times the size of the average soccer field.
The container is 400 meters wide and 327 meters high. Standing at a height 73 meters higher thamn the Eiffel Tower, it can carry 16,000 6ㅡmeter containers. It is a superㅡlarge container ship that can carry 2,500 more containers than a 13,500 TEU container. The 13,500 TEU container is the largest container made for a container ship to this date.