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19,100 TEU the loading capacity in "twenty-foot equivalent units" - a measurement based on the size of metal shipping containers - of the Globe, the world's largest container vessel, which is owned by China Shipping Container Lines. The vessel started its maiden voyage to Europe on Monday from Shanghai. The first in a series of five giant container ships ordered by the company, it is 400 meters long, 60 meters wide and can travel at 43 km per hour.