The world's largest ship (for the next 53 days)

This is the Globe, the ship of the world's largest cargo that arrived this week for the first time in the UK as part of its maiden voyage.
The BBC Journalist Justin Parkinson explains how powerful this superbarco, and how long will be overcome by an even bigger one.
Despite its enormous size, the most unique aspect is its ability Globe: can carry 19,100 containers of about 6 meters each.
That's a record: equivalent to transport 156 million pairs of shoes, tablet computers 300 million to 900 million cans of beans.

Lying Building
If you put a container next to another, the line would stretch for 116 kilometers.
“It's like a leaning building. It is a giant beast”, says Damian Brett, Expert in containers of Lloyd's List Maritime Magazine.

Built in South Korea and belonging to the shipping company based in Shanghai China Shipping Container Lines, the maiden voyage of Globe began on December 3 in Qingdao City of China.
It will conclude on February 25 again in China, Ningbo, and during the course of your trip will visit the ports of Felixstowe (UK), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Hamburg (Germany) and Bruges (Belgium).
The Globe is the first in a series of five ships of the same size built by Hyundai Heavy Industries North Korea.
All will be ready during 2015.
Its capacity exceeds Ship Triple-E, first used in June 2013 by the Danish company Maersk, which can load 18,270 containers.

Brief reign

But the reign of the Globe will be brief. In late January he will cross the waters MSC Oscar, built by South Korea's Daewoo and belonging to the Mediterranean Shipping Company.
Named after the son of the president of the company, you can load 19,224 containers.
His first trip-from Asia to Europe will begin on January 25, just 53 days after the commercial debut of the Globe.
Less than two decades ago cargo ships were much smaller.
The Regina Maersk was the first to break the barrier of 6,000 containers in 1996.
Today the Triple-E, the Globe and Oscar three times that capacity.

Giant Ports

Does this rapid growth that vessels will remain ever larger?
“It is said that very soon there will be loaded ships over 20,000 containers, but many believe they can not continue to increase capacity without the current port infrastructure is changed”, Brett says.

“Ships with capacity above 18,000 containers can only flow between Asia and Europe”.
“Ports in other parts of the world, including America, can not cope with them”.
“Many believe that the maximum capacity will be 22,500”Said the expert.
But the main problem facing the shipping at this time is not enough cargo in circulation.
This has done much to increase competition between companies.

“Although developed economies gradually recover, it is not expected that demand returns to previous levels to the global financial crisis”, afirma Chee Chen Tung, Presidente de la naviera de Hong Kong Orient Overseas Container Line.

Advantage

China Shipping Container Lines invested US $ 700 million to build five Globes.
The reason is that so large investment due to their capacity, the super vessels use fuel more efficiently.
It is estimated that the engine of the Globe, which adjusts fuel consumption automatically according to the speed of the ship and sea conditions, use a fifth less oil per container load a vessel that 10,000 containers.
Meanwhile, according to Maersk Triple-E is “the most efficient ship in the world”.
Although oil prices are falling for months, shipping betting that go up again and thus invest in larger vessels for long-term benefits.

SOURCE: Bbc.co.uk