世界最大的貨櫃輪船The Emma Maersk

This is how Wal-Mart gets all it's stuff from China.
Get a load of this ship!
15,000 containers and a 207' beam!
And look at the crew-size:
13 people for a ship longer than a US aircraft carrier
which has a crew of 5,000 men and officers.

Think it's big enough?
Notice that 207' beam means it cannot fit
through the Panama or Suez Canals.
It is strictly transpacific. Check out the cruise speed:
31 knots means the goods arrive 4 days
before the typical container ship (18-20 knots)
on a China-to-California run.
So this behemoth is hugely competitive
when carrying perishable goods.

This ship was built in five sections.
The sections floated together and then welded.
The command bridge is higher
than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs
that can operate simultaneously.

Additional info:

Country of origin - Denmark

Length - 1,302 ft

Width - 207 ft

Net cargo - 123,200 tons

Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP)

Cruise Speed - 31 knots

Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3)

Crew - 13 people

First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006

Construction cost - US $145,000,000+

Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom
reduces water resistance and saves
317,000 gallons of diesel per year