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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#22 of 45
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 bar is the longest airliner ever built — 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 45 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.