World's largest capacity container ship embarks on maiden voyage....

worlds largest container ship...the CSCL globe is on its maiden voyage starting from Shanghai to Europe..  all you need to know about this journey ..

photo courtesy:- https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-largest-ship-maiden-voyage-001605795.html

here is a list of the 5 largest ships in terms of capacity.

Built	Name	Length overall (m)	Length overall (ft)	Beam (m)	Beam (ft)	Maximum TEU	GT	Owner
2014	CSCL Globe[1]	400	1,300	58.6	192	19000		CSCL (China)
2013	Magleby Maersk[2]	398	1,306	58	190	18270	174500	Maersk (Denmark)
2014	MSC Newyork[3]	399	1,309	54	177	18270	176490	MSC (Switzerland)
2013	Madison Maersk[4]	398	1,306	58	190	18270	174500	Maersk (Denmark)
2013	Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller[5]	398	1,306	58	190	18270	174500	Maersk (Denmark)

table courtesy:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships

how is capacity of  a container measured or what is TEU?

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals.^[1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains and trucks.

Length	Width	Height	Volume	TEU
20 ft (6.1 m)	8 ft (2.44 m)	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)	1,360 cu ft (38.5 m3)	1

table courtesy:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit