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.
Derived metrics
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How big is it, really?
The Barzan's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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One Barzan = 1.49 Titanics · 3.8 football pitches · 16 blue whales · 5.2 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.
The numbers
| Length overall | ≈400 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 58.6 m |
| Capacity | ≈18,800 TEU |
| Delivered | May 2015 |
| Flag | Malta |
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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 Barzan line
Barzan class
Who operates the Barzan
All 2 operators of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
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