The world’s largest container ship ‘Ever Ace’ docked at the Colombo Port today (06). It is the first time the vessel has arrived in Colombo.
Marine Conservation group, The Pearl Protectors, reported that the ‘Ever Ace’ is owned by the Evergreen Shipping Company.
Ever Ace is the first among the 24,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) class container ships. It has a capacity to carry 23 992 containers.
The ship, around 400m long and 61.5 m wide, was first deployed in July 2020 and is operated by the Government of Panama.
According to reports, the ‘Ever Ace’ had left the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands last month and had docked at the Colombo Port today.
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