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HMM Algeciras carried the most containers in 2020

The ship was rated for 23,964 standard containers when delivered Delivered in April 2020, HMM Algeciras had a nominal capacity of 23,964 twenty foot equivalent units, or TEU, briefly making it the largest container ship in the world. Capacity is counted in TEU because boxes come in standard lengths, and the figure describes slots rather than cargo actually carried. Several larger ships have since been launched, so the record is a snapshot of 2020. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The ship was rated for 23,964 standard containers when delivered. The figure is taken from HMM, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.