15K views · 129 reactions | MV CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes,she was the largest container ship in the world at the time of her launch in November 2014, with a maximum capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot containers. | The Sea Lad | Facebook

The world's largest container ship, which is longer than four football pitches placed end-to-end, has arrived in the UK for the first time. http://bbc.in/14tPY13 The Hong Kong-registered CSCL Globe docked at the Port of Felixstowe about 1pm loaded with about 19,000 standard containers. Paul Davey, from the port, said: "It's good news... for the 30 odd thousand people in Suffolk who make their living in the transport industry." The ship's 19,000 containers would stretch 72 miles (116km) if laid e