One of the largest container ships ever built arrived today to the port of Piraeus.

Eugen Maersk has a deadweight tonnage of 158,200. The eighth and newest of the Maersk E-class, built in 2008, she has a total TEU capacity of 11,000 TEU containers. Her beam is 56 m and her length is 397 m.

The construction of this ship was the subject of a television documentary on The Science Channel.

Eugen Maersk is scheduled to depart shortly after 22:00 on Saturday