- Mærsk E class container ship
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Eleonora Mærsk
General characteristics Type: Container ship Tonnage: 170,974 GT
55,396 NTLength: 397 m (1,302 ft) Beam: 56 m (184 ft) Draught: 15.5 m (51 ft) Depth: 30 m (98 ft)} (deck edge to keel) Propulsion: 80 MW (109,000 hp) Wärtsilä 14RT-Flex96c plus 30 MW (40,000 hp) from five Caterpillar 8M32 Speed: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) Capacity: 156,907 DWT
14,770+ TEU
1000 TEU (reefers)Crew: 13, with room for 30 Notes: [1] The Maersk E Series comprises eight 14,770 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ships. Each sister ship bear names beginning with the letter "E", tie for the largest container ship ever constructed, and are the longest ships currently in use at 397 metres (1,302 ft) long and 56 metres (184 ft) wide. They are owned by the Danish A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The first in the class built was Emma Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark. The E-class is planned to be followed by the Triple-E class, which is even larger and more fuel-efficient.[2]
Ship name Year built Emma Mærsk 2006 Estelle Mærsk 2006 Eleonora Mærsk 2007 Evelyn Mærsk 2007 Ebba Mærsk 2007 Elly Mærsk 2007 Edith Mærsk 2007 Eugen Mærsk 2008 References
- ^ "ABS Record: Emma Maersk". American Bureau of Shipping. 23 July 2009. http://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=06151181. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Shipping: The Danish Armada". 2011-02-22. http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/02/shipping. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
Mærsk E-class container ships Emma Mærsk · Estelle Mærsk · Eleonora Mærsk · Evelyn Mærsk · Ebba Mærsk · Elly Mærsk · Edith Mærsk · Eugen MærskA. P. Moller-Maersk Group Categories:- Ship classes
- Container ships
- Maersk ships
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