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9th January 2015
World's Largest Containership CSCL Globe Calls to UK Port
#LargestContainership - The world's largest container ship, CSCL Globe arrived in the UK for the first time at Felixstowe, reports BBC News.
The Hong Kong-registered giant containership which measures more than 400m (1,313ft) in length, docked at the Suffolk port on Monday loaded with about 19,000 standard containers.
The previous largest ship to have docked at the port was the Maersk Triple-E, which arrived in November, carrying about 18,000 containers.
The new ship, which left China in December, arrived at the Suffolk port sometime after 12:30 GMT.
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