The SCL Mercury anchors at Lianyungang Port, Jiangsu province, on July 21, 2011. [Photo / Xinhua]

A huge container vessel has departed on her maiden voyage from a port in Jiangsu province.

The SCL Mercury is a 14,100 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessel, with a length of 366 meters, width of 51.2 meters, and deadweight of 155,470 tons.

China Shipping (Group) Company, the ship's owner, has eight 141,000 TEU vessels in use or under construction.