At the time of her construction she and her four sister ships, Globe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, were the largest container ships afloat, each carrying 19,100 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers.

[4] Half a dozen slightly larger vessels have been built, since then.

[5] Chinese officials said the vessels cost $136 million each to build.

On May 19, 2017, the city of Gdańsk celebrated the arrival of the CSCL Arctic Ocean, as it marked the first time a container ship of its size had visited the port.

[6][7] On May 22, 2017, she moored at JadeWeserPort, the container port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on the River Weser.