The world’s joint-largest cargo ship has set sail from the UK after its first visit.
The 1,300ft (400-metre) MSC Loreto vessel is capable of holding 24,346 standard containers, which is currently the record number.
A man in a kayak is dwarfed by MSC Loreto (Joe Giddens/PA)
The vessel is capable of holding 24,346 standard containers (Joe Giddens/PA)
It shares this title with its sister vessel, the MSC Irina.
MSC Loreto arrived at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, the biggest and busiest container port in Britain, in the early hours of Tuesday.
MSC Loreto had been docked at Felixstowe since Tuesday (Joe Giddens/PA)
It shares the largest container ship title with its sister vessel, the MSC Irina (Joe Giddens/PA)
It departed at 12.35am on Friday after thousands of containers were exchanged.
The vessel, which is operated by the Swiss-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company, arrived in the UK from Rotterdam.
It started its maiden voyage from Ningbo in China in April.