News / No fanfares or marching bands, but UASC Barzan is the new largest containership

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

Not for the first time this year a record-breaking containership has made its maiden call at the UK port of Felixstowe.

The Barzan, owned by United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), is the first of the shipping line’s six A18-class vessels and was built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in Mokpo, South Korea.

UASC states the vessel’s capacity as above 18,800 teu, but in fact its nominal capacity of 19,870 teu makes the Barzan the world’s largest containership. It is the first vessel ...