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Barzan

Hapag-Lloyd · Container · In service · built by Hyundai Heavy Industries

Barzan was the largest ship of United Arab Shipping Company, the Gulf line whose entire fleet, flagship included, was absorbed by Hapag-Lloyd in 2017.

Length overall400 m
Beam58.6 m
Capacity18,800 TEU
Speed22 kn
Delivered2015
Draft16 m
Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by ships.fyi from the core specification, see how we calculate these.

TEU per metre#11 of 13
47.0 TEU/m nominal TEU ÷ length overall
Length-to-beam ratio#119 of 142
6.83 length overall ÷ beam
Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The Barzan's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

Barzan400 m
Eiffel Tower (height)330 m
Titanic269.06 m
Football pitch105 m
Boeing 747-876.3 m
Blue whale25 m
You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m), our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One Barzan = 1.49 Titanics · 3.8 football pitches · 16 blue whales · 5.2 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

Specification

The numbers

Length overall≈400 m
Beam58.6 m
Capacity≈18,800 TEU
DeliveredMay 2015
FlagMalta

Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Spot an error? business@luck.fyi

The story

What makes it different

Barzan is the ship that outlived her owner. Delivered by Hyundai in 2015 as the flagship of United Arab Shipping Company, the Gulf states' joint national line, she was briefly among the largest ships afloat and, by her designers' claims, the most carbon-efficient per container of her generation.

UASC had bet its future on a fleet of giants ordered at the top of the market; the rates collapse of 2015–16 broke that bet, and in 2017 the entire company was merged into Hapag-Lloyd. Barzan kept her Qatari fortress name and swapped her hull colours for Hamburg orange.

She remains the quiet cautionary tale of this board: building the biggest ships is not the same as surviving the market they sail in.

The class

The Barzan line

Barzan class
Lead of six A18-class sisters built for UASC in 2015–16, among the most efficient large ships of their generation; all now in Hapag-Lloyd colours.
Operators

Who operates the Barzan

All 2 operators of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

HLCHapag-LloydAbsorbed with the UASC fleet in the 2017 merger; Asia–Europe rotations.1
QAUASC (historical)Original owner United Arab Shipping Company ceased to exist as a brand in 2017.:
Quick answers

Barzan, asked and answered

How long is the Barzan?
400 m (1,312 ft) length overall, the #7 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 3.8 football pitches end to end.
How big is the Barzan compared to the Titanic?
The Barzan is 1.49× the Titanic's length, 400 m against her 269.06 m.
Who operates the Barzan?
Hapag-Lloyd, UASC (historical). Current status: in service.
Does the Barzan fit through the Panama Canal?
No. At 400 m long, 58.6 m wide and 16 m of draft, the Barzan exceeds even the Neopanamax gauge (366 × 51.25 × 15.2 m), run any gauge on the Canal-Fit Checker.