On 21 July 2014, Maersk Line’s giant Triple E class containership Mary Maersk set a world record. It departed the Spanish port of Algeciras for Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia with 17,603 twenty-foot equivalent units (teus) on board — the most ever loaded on a vessel.

TW+ joined the Mary Maersk for part of the return leg to Europe, to experience a day in the life on one of the world’s biggest ships.

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