Why are No Ultra Large Container Vessels Sailing to the United States

Why No Ships to the USA?

What's Going on With Shipping?
Feb. 1, 2024

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discussed the reason why no Ultra Large Container Vessels (ships capable of carrying more than 16,000 TEUs - Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) are sailing to the United States.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Where in the are all the World's containerships?
04:17 What are Ultra Large Container Vessels?
10:32 Why No ULCV in the US?
14:32 Conclusions

Marine Traffic
www.marinetraffic.com

Evolution of Containerships
https://transportgeography.org/conten...

List of largest container ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...