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Container ship · Ever Alot, an Evergreen A-class ship of 24,004 TEU

Length overall
399.99 m 1,312.3 ft
Beam (width)
61.5 m 202 ft
Moulded depth
33.2 m 109 ft
Draught
17 m 55.8 ft
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Human, Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower), Starship, Container ship drawn to the same scaleHuman: height 1.61–1.75 m. Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower): height of the elizabeth tower 96 m. Starship: full-stack height ≈ 124 m. Container ship: length overall 399.99 m.Human: 1.61–1.75 mBig Ben (Elizabeth Tower): 96 mStarship: ≈ 124 mContainer ship: 399.99 mStarship≈ 124 mBig Ben (Elizabeth Tower)96 mContainer ship399.99 mHuman1.61–1.75 m
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Zoom out from an average adult to a container ship

A container ship is too big to show next to an average adult in one picture, so here it is in 3 steps. Each step is drawn to its own scale and zooms out from the step before.

  1. Step 1 of 3 Human → Megalodon

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    Human, Megalodon drawn to the same scaleHuman: height 1.61–1.75 m. Megalodon: maximum length (estimates) 15–24.3 m.Human: 1.61–1.75 mMegalodon: 15–24.3 mMegalodon15–24.3 mHuman1.61–1.75 m
    Step 1: Human and Megalodon at the same scale.

  2. Step 2 of 3 Megalodon → Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 5.6–9.1 times as tall as a megalodon is long.

    Megalodon, Great Pyramid of Giza drawn to the same scaleMegalodon: maximum length (estimates) 15–24.3 m. Great Pyramid of Giza: current height ≈ 137 m.Megalodon: 15–24.3 mGreat Pyramid of Giza: ≈ 137 mGreat Pyramid of Giza≈ 137 mMegalodon15–24.3 m
    Step 2: Megalodon and Great Pyramid of Giza at the same scale.

  3. Step 3 of 3 Great Pyramid of Giza → Container ship

    A container ship is about 2.9 times as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall.

    Great Pyramid of Giza, Container ship drawn to the same scaleGreat Pyramid of Giza: current height ≈ 137 m. Container ship: length overall 399.99 m.Great Pyramid of Giza: ≈ 137 mContainer ship: 399.99 mGreat Pyramid of Giza≈ 137 mContainer ship399.99 m
    Step 3: Great Pyramid of Giza and Container ship at the same scale.

Dimensions

MeasurementMetricImperialNotesSource
Length overall 399.99 m 1,312.3 ft Ever Alot overall length as reported at delivery by the builder; the Port of Hamburg rounds it to 400 m [1] [2]
Beam (width) 61.5 m 202 ft Ever Alot width [1] [2]
Moulded depth 33.2 m 109 ft Hull depth from keel to main deck [1]
Draught 17 m 55.8 ft Depth of the hull below the waterline [2]

About the container ship

The biggest container ships are about 400 m long and carry more than 24,000 standard 20-foot containers. Ever Alot, built by China's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Evergreen Marine and delivered in June 2022, measures 399.99 m long and 61.5 m wide. It was the first ship able to carry more than 24,000 TEU, and Guinness World Records lists it among the record holders for container capacity.

  • Ever Alot can carry 24,004 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), 12 TEU more than its predecessor Ever Ace. [2]
  • Ever Alot was the seventh ship in Evergreen's series of 13 A-class ships and the first in the world over 24,000 TEU; it is classed by ABS and was deployed on Far East to Europe routes. [1]
  • Guinness World Records lists Ever Alot, Ever Atop and Ever Aria as the largest container ships by capacity, with a gross tonnage of 236,228. [3]
  • According to Guinness, these ships stop just short of 400 m because ships over 400 m count as oversized and pay higher docking fees at many ports. [3]

How many fit?

  • ≈ 240 × Human · height lined up end to end match the Container ship · length overall
  • ≈ 2.1 × Gateway Arch · maximum height lined up end to end match the Container ship · length overall

Counts divide one sourced figure by another. "End to end" uses each object's main measurement; weight and volume rows appear only when both figures are sourced.

How it compares

  • 240× A container ship is about 240 times as long as an average adult is tall. See side by side
  • 2.1× A container ship is about 2.1 times as long as the Gateway Arch is tall. See side by side
  • 1.5× A container ship is about 1.5 times as long as the Titanic. See side by side
  • 1.8× A container ship is about 1.8 times as long as the Hoover Dam is tall. See side by side
  • 1/1.4 One World Trade Center is about 1.4 times as tall as a container ship is long. See side by side
  • 1/2.1 The Burj Khalifa is about 2.1 times as tall as a container ship is long. See side by side

Factors compare the length overall of a container ship with each object’s own main measurement (height for a human). Where a size varies, the factor is given as a range.

Notes on these figures

  • No page from Evergreen or Hudong-Zhonghua itself could be read; the 399.99 m length, 61.5 m width and 33.2 m depth are the builder's figures as reported by MarineLink at delivery.
  • Guinness World Records gives the length as 399.9 m (1,312 ft), slightly different from the 399.99 m reported at delivery.
  • Gross tonnage (236,228) is a measure of enclosed volume, not weight, so it is not stored as a mass. No source gave the ship's actual mass (lightship weight or displacement).
  • The record status quoted is as shown on the Guinness page in September 2026; newer ships may since have been reported with higher capacities.

Sources

  1. Port of Hamburg (Hafen Hamburg Marketing), Ever Alot - ship specials. Accessed 25 September 2026.
  2. Guinness World Records, Largest container ship (capacity). Accessed 25 September 2026.

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