GL believes the project for the twin-engined ship is a sign that the trend toward increasing the size of containerships still has a long way to go.
There are already a number of 10,000-teu containerships on order in the Far East.
Executive board member Hermann J Klein said owners are already preparing to move on to the next stage. “From the technical viewpoint the construction of even larger ships is indeed feasible,” he said at a presentation in London this week.
“It
