News / Maersk's first Triple E nears launch in Busan for AE10 service

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The launch of the latest claimant to the title of “the world’s largest container vessel” is nearing as construction of the first of Maersk’s Triple-E class nears completion.

At a press tour of the enormous Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) shipyard in Okpo Bay, on the South Korean island of Geoje, Maersk executives told The Loadstar that sea trials of the first vessel were just weeks away.

The naming of the vessel is due to take place on 14 June, while the handover from ...