Emma Mærsk
Container ship Emma Mærsk in Aarhus, 5 September 2006
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Name | Emma Maersk |
Owner | Moller-Maersk |
Operator | A. P. Moller-Maersk Group |
Port of registry | Taarbæk, Denmark |
Builder | Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark |
Laid down | 20 January 2006[1] |
Launched | 18 May 2006 |
Acquired | 31 August 2006 |
In service | 31 August 2006 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
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Class and type | E-class container ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 397 m (1,302 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 56 m (183 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 16.02 m (52 ft 7 in) |
Depth | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) (deck edge to keel) |
Propulsion | 81 9M32 |
Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
Capacity | |
Crew | 13, with room for 30 |
Notes | [2] |
Emma Mærsk is the first
History
Emma Mærsk was built at the Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark. In June 2006, during construction, welding work caused a fire within the superstructure.[4] It spread rapidly through the accommodation section and bridge, which delayed her completion by six to seven weeks.
She was named in a ceremony on 12 August 2006, after
In 2008, the ship was featured on an episode of the television documentary series Mighty Ships, during a voyage between Malaysia and Spain.[7]
In 2011, the
Going eastwards on 1 February 2013, she suffered a damaged
On 15 February 2013, the Maersk Line confirmed that she was about to leave Port Said under tow to a yard for further assessment and repair.[15] On 25 February she reached the yard of Palermo, Sicily, where she was scheduled to stay for four months.[16] The flooded engine was disassembled, repaired and assembled,[17] and in August 2013, she was in service again[18] after a DKK 250 million (roughly US$44.5 million) repair.[19]
Capacity
Originally Maersk reported a capacity of 11,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) as the maximum capacity of fully loaded 14 ton containers, according to Maersk company's then method of calculating capacity,[20] which, at her introduction into service, was about 1,400 more containers than any other ship.[21] However, Maersk also acknowledges the standard method of defining capacity, stating 14,770 TEU.[22]
By normal calculations, she has a capacity significantly greater than reported—between 13,500 and 15,200 TEU.[23][24] The difference between the official and estimated numbers is because Maersk calculates the capacity of a container ship by weight (in this case, 14 tons/container), i.e. 11,000+ containers,[25] of which 1,000 can be refrigerated containers.[26]
Other companies calculate capacity according to the maximum number of containers that can be carried irrespective of weight, always greater than the number calculated by the Maersk method.[citation needed] As of 2012, the E class is still the largest by full-weight 14-tonne capacity. Marco Polo can carry 10,000 14 t containers, 16,020 if not fully loaded.[27][28]
On 21 February 2011, Maersk ordered a family of ten even larger ships from
Engine and hull
She is powered by a
At economical speed, fuel consumption is 0.260
Two bow and two stern thrusters provide port manoeuvrability, and two pairs of
The turning diameter at 44 km/h (24 knots) is 1.50 km (0.81 nmi). The engine is near midship to make best use of the rigidity of the hull and to maximize capacity.[39] When the ship rolls 20 degrees, the bridge sways 35 metres.[41] The ship's anchors weigh 29 tons each and each chain-link weighs 200 kg.[42]
Sailing schedules
Her regular round trip is between northern Europe and the far east via the
As of April 2011[update], the schedule included Gdańsk, Aarhus, and Gothenburg.[45]
References
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- ^ "Accident report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Emma Maersk ship faces leakage in Suez Canal". Egypt Independent/Al-Masry Al-Youm. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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- ^ "Kæmpe Mærsk-skib tager vand ind: Nu skal 13.500 containerne læsses af". Politiken. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013. English translation Archived 11 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "Arrivata a Palermo la Emma Maersk la portacontainer più grande del mondo". 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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- ^ "Namegiving of newbuilding L 203" (Press release). Odense Steel Shipyard. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007.
- ^ a b Koepf, Pam (2006), "Overachievers We Love", Popular Science, 269 (6): 24
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External links
- Description and technical details for ship engine, with photos, at official website for Emma Maersk ship.
- World’s Largest Diesel Engine- Emma Maersk’s Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C[permanent dead link], 26 February 2019.
- The World's Most Gargantuan Diesel Engine, by Andrew Tarantola, 20 July 2011.
- This is what 109,000 horsepower looks like – meet the biggest and most powerful engine in the world.This jaw dropper is the Wärtsilä RT-flex96C, the world’s largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world today. by Tibi Puiu. 16 May 2019. zmescience.com
- The Engines of the Largest Container Ships in the World, and Challenges their Manufacturers Face, 28 May 2018.
- Exclusive Photos: Inside the Engine Room Of Maersk Triple- E, By MI News Network | In: Photo of the day | Updated on 1 January 2020.