World's largest container ship arrives in Felixstowe

The Ever Ace can hold almost 24,000 containers

The Ever Ace docked at Felixstowe
Author: Gemma Bradley PAPublished 19th Jun 2022
Last updated 19th Jun 2022

The world's largest cargo ship has arrived on the Suffolk coast

The vessel, called the Ever Ace, holds the record for the most containers loaded on to a single ship.

It arrived at the Port of Felixstowe, the biggest and busiest container port in Britain, on Sunday morning.

The massive container ship was guided into port early this morning

The 1,300ft (400m) ship is capable of holding 23,992 standard containers.

The vessel, which is operated by Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation, arrived in the UK from Rotterdam.

It was built in 2021, and docked at Felixstowe on its maiden voyage in September that year.

Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, smartspeaker, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Rayo app.