Comparing ships
New York Harbor is currently designed to support ships like the Regina Maersk. A U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers project aims to deepen the habor and channels to support larger ships like the Regina Triple E. These larger ships offer a capacity of up to three times more than the Regina Maersk, which would enable millions of dollars more in goods to reach the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Regina Maersk
Length: 1,044 feet Width: 140 feet Static draft: 46 feet
Note: A static draft is the minimum water depth for a ship to float when it is stationary. TEU = twenty-foot equivalent units, a measure of volume in units of twenty-foot long containers.
Length: 1,308 feet Width: 193.5 feet Static draft: 52.5 feet
Regina Triple E
Side view of ship
Side view of cargo
Ship bay profile
Ship bay profile
Side view of cargo
Side view of ship
17
9
6
23
10
8
20-foot-containers or TEUs
6,000 to 8,500
$327 to $463.3 million
Approximate average value of cargo (2020)
There are 20 total bays. Each bay holds about 255 containers
20-foot-containers or TEUs
18,000 to 21,000
$981 million to $1.15 billion
Approximate average value of cargo (2020)
There are 24 total bays. Each bay holds about 414 containers
Sources: U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers, The Geography of Transport Systems, The Port Economics, Management and Policy