Comment / OceanX: Big ships & legends, live from Hong Kong

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27/03/2023

In February, OOCL Spain (24,188 TEU) was delivered as the largest vessel in the world. It then lost the title, won by MSC Tessa. Beating each other by a few TEU will likely be the name of the game until this 24,000 TEU order cycle is over.

Thanks to a lucky coincidence, which saw the vessel happen to be in Hong Kong at the same time as me, and some very good old friends at OOCL, I got the pleasure of ...

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