One year ago today the 19,224 TEU MV MSC Zoe, one of the world’s biggest containerships, was docking at the Port of Hamburg for its christening and maiden call at the port when the captain decided to sound the ship’s massive horns salute the Rebel Alliance.
The 395.5 meter long ship is the third vessel in Mediterranean Shipping Company’s ‘Oscar class’, behind MSC Oscar and MSC Oliver, which currently share the title of world’s biggest containerships by TEU capacity.
Updated: August 21, 2016 (Originally published August 17, 2016)
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