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Garrido Salsas, Javier Saurí Marchan, Sergí Marreno, África Gül, Ümit Rúa Costa, Carles 2022-09-22T06:48:16Z 2022-09-22T06:48:16Z 2021-07 978-84-18465-12-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7003 10.36443/10259/7003 Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos Since the container ship was born, we have seen an impressive increase in order to get advantage of the economies of scale. In the last two decades, the capacity of vessels has been trebled. Currently, vessels of 23,000 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) sail the seas. Despite the exponential growth experienced in this sector, individuals question if it is possible to reach a peak capacity, as has occurred with bulk cargo vessels and, recently, aircraft. This paper aims to predict the possible size and dimensions of a new generation of mega container ships. Based on economy of scale, port infrastructure, demand and environmental trends and naval design criteria the limit ship size has been estimated. The results suggest that it is still possible additional increases of the ship size. This paper allow Port Authorities to understand the needs of shipping container industry and to figure out the expansion and investment necessary. This research has been conducted as part of a research grant from the Port of Barcelona. The authors would like to thank the staff of its Department of Innovation and Strategy, for its support in this paper. application/pdf eng Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional R-Evolucionando el transporte http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6490 https://doi.org/10.36443/9788418465123 Puertos Infraestructuras Logística Ports Infrastructures Logistics Ingeniería civil Transportes Civil engineering Transportation Container ship size: Which dimensions can be expected? info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 2695 2717