Edith Maersk, the largest ship ever to have come up the Thames, arrived at London Gateway on October 19. Built by Odense Steel Shipyard in 2007, she is a touch under 400 metres, the length of an Olympic track event, and can carry13,500 containers. Turn around time was a matter of hours before she set off for Singapore, and she can be tracked here.
Maersk has more than 500 vessels and boasts that a full cargo on one of its ships could carry 528 million bananas -- enough for every single person for breakfast in either Europe or North America. This time, however, the cargo was textiles from the far east, to where she was returning.
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