We saw a short clip of this video earlier this month along with a New York Times feature article, “Aboard a Cargo Colossus“, so consider this the extended version with interviews with the captain and crew.
The video offers a glimpse of what life is like aboard a Triple E containership, the MV Mary Maersk, which at 400 meters and with a capacity of 18,200 TEUs is one of the largest containerships in the world along with her sister vessels.
Maersk Line has order a total of 20 of the ships to be delivered by the end of 2015 from the DSME shipyard in South Korea.
A triple-E nearly fully loaded departing Algeciras, Spain. Photo courtesy Maersk Line
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