HMM Company Limited, formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, is a South Korean container transportation and shipping company.
The E class comprises eight 14,770 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ships. Each sister ship bears a name beginning with the letter "E". Until 2012, they were the largest container ship ever constructed, and are among the longest ships currently in use at 398 metres (1,306 ft) long and 56 metres (184 ft) wide. They are owned by the Danish A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The first in the class built was Emma Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark. The ships Emma, Estelle, and Eugen were subjects of TV documentaries. The E class was followed by the larger and more fuel efficient Triple E class.
The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line.
The Gülsün class is a series of container ships built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The largest ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 23,756 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). They were the largest container ships in the world when they were launched in 2019, surpassing OOCL Hong Kong. They have since been surpassed by other ships like the Algeciras class. The ships were the first container ships to feature 24 containers wide on deck.
The Algeciras class is a class of container ships consisting of 12 vessels built for HMM. The largest ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 23,964 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). They were the largest container ships in the world when they were delivered, surpassing the previous Gülsün class. They have since been surpassed by the Ever Ace.
The H class is a class of container ships operated by the Danish shipping company Maersk Line. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard located in Ulsan, South Korea.
The G class is a series of container ships built for OOCL. With a maximum theoretical capacity of 21,413 TEU they were the largest container ships in the world when they were built and the first ships with a capacity larger than 21,000 TEU. They took the title of largest container ships from Madrid Maersk. They have since been surpassed by other ships like the Gülsün class and the Algeciras class.
The M class is a series of 10 container ships built for OOCL with a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,208 TEU. The ships were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Construction started in 2012 and the first ship was delivered in 2013.
The Evergreen G class is a series of 11 container ships built for Evergreen Marine by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. The maximum theoretical capacity of these ships is in the range of 20,124 to 20,388 standard shipping containers.
The W class is a series of 20 container ships operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation. The maximum theoretical capacity of the ships is between 14,078 and 14,200 TEU.
The Dream class is a series of five container ships built for HMM. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,154 TEU. The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.
The Together class is a series of five container ships built for Danaos Corporation and operated by HMM. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,082 TEU. The ships were built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea.
The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years. The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 10,077 TEU. The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.
The EvergreenF class is a series of 20 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships have a maximal theoretical capacity of around 12,100 TEU. The first ship of this class was delivered in 2020 and built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Samsung Heavy Industries built eight ships in total. A further 12 ships were built by Imabari Shipbuilding at their Marugame and Hiroshima shipyards with delivery starting in 2021.
The C class is a series of 8 container ships built for Maersk Line. The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark and have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 9,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
The Evergreen L class is a series of 30 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The ships were built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea and CSBC Corporation in Taiwan. These ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 8,500 to 9,500 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
HMM Algeciras is one of the world's largest container ships. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. It is 61 metres wide and 399.9 metres long. The ship has a capacity of 23,964 TEU. HMM Algeciras is registered in South Korea and operated by HMM Co Ltd.
The Evergreen A class is a series of 13 container ships being built for Evergreen Marine. The largest ships have a maximal theoretical capacity of around 23,992 TEU and are among the largest container ships in the world. Six ships are being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. Another seven will be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) at two shipyards in China.
