The Universe class is a series of 6 container ships built for COSCO SHIPPING Lines. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 21,237 TEU. They are some of the largest container ships ever built and was the second class of ships to exceed 21,000 TEU of capacity after the OOCL G-class (21,413 TEU). At the time they were also the largest Chinese built container ships.
The ships were built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. They were originally ordered for a 12 year charter by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). In 2016, a merger took place in which CSCL and its fleet became part of COSCO. This happened well before the ships would be finished and as a result the ships were all delivered with COSCO Shipping name and colors.
List of ships ShipYard numberIMO numberDeliveryStatusrefCOSCO Shipping Universe1416979561012 Jun 2018In serviceCOSCO Shipping Nebula1417979562223 Oct 2018In serviceCOSCO Shipping Galaxy1420979563418 Apr 2019In serviceCOSCO Shipping Solar1427979564625 Apr 2019In serviceCOSCO Shipping Star1428979565827 Jun 2019In serviceCOSCO Shipping Planet142997956606 Sep 2019In service
See also
Constellation-class container ship
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