Al Muraykh at London Gateway. Photo: DP World London Gateway
One of the world’s largest containerships arrived in the UK on New Year’s Day carrying a world record load from the Far East.
The UASC-owned MV Al Muraykh was loaded with 18,601 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) when it called at DP World’s London Gateway Terminal on January 1 after departing from Port Klang, Malaysia about two weeks earlier. The 18,601 TEU sets the record most ever containers loaded onto a ship.
The vessel was due to unload 3,800 containers.
The 400-meter MV Al Muraykh was delivered to UASC in August 2015 at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries as part of a newbuild program comprised of eleven 15,000 TEU vessels and six 18,800 TEU LNG-ready vessels.
Below are some photos sent into gCaptain by photographer Andrew McAlpine. Also check out ShippingTV’s interview with the Captain and Chief Officer at the bottom:
Photo credit: Andrew McAlpine
Below is a ShippingTV interview with the Captain Andrzej Spisak, Master of Al Muraykh:
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