Ships of the 14,000-TEU class may be the largest to call at Hong Kong's container terminals next year once a new bridge spanning the harbour is built, reports Seatrade.
Deputy Transport Secretary Janice Tse said no vessel of more than 68.5 metres high would be able to enter the container port when the 1.6-kilometre Stonecutters Bridge, which spans the entrance to Kwai Chung Container Terminals, is built next year.
The Emma Maersk, the world's biggest containership, is 64.5 metres high and Samsung Heavy Industries is now marketing a 16,000-TEU containerships and other yards are about to offer ships of more than 15,000 TEU.
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