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On our way to our rendez-vous with the German tug Bremen Hunter our track crossed the one of this big vessel. It is the Hyundai Splendor, a 8500 TEU class container vessel. It means that she's carrying 8500 standard 20 ft containers in one time. Check out how the containers are stacked on her aft deck and what kind of problems you will have by lashing and securing them. I told you before, it is not so strange that vessels like these are missing thousands of containers every year. And this one isn't even one of the biggest containervessels. If you want to see her real-time position and data for free, as well as all other shipping movements around this globe, check this marine traffic.com site

Remember: this is a very large vessel (length over all 347 metres) so see this picture also Large!