Hapag-Lloyd's Floating Giants09/22/2016September 22, 2016Hapag-Lloyd has invested in a new fleet of container ships to service the route between Europe and South America. The ships can pass through the newly widened Panama canal and can carry up to 13,000 shipping containers.https://p.dw.com/p/1K6MgImage: hapag-lloyd.deAdvertisement The old ones only carried 5,000.