Edith Mærsk
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Edith Maersk is a container ship
Container ship
Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...
and the sister ship of Emma Maersk, thus the world's largest cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
. It has capacity for 13,500 containers, in spite of calculations from Maersk Line company, that the ship has only 11,000 TEUs
Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals...
capacity. It can reach up to 15,200 TEUs according to specialists.
Design
The ship has a length of 397 m (1,302.5 ft) and a beam of 56 m (183.7 ft). The depth of the vessel is 30 m (98.4 ft) and while fully loaded the ship can reach a draft of 17.5 m (57.4 ft). The deadweight of the container shipContainer ship
Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...
is 156,907 metric tons, while the gross tonnage is 170,794 gross tons. The ship is powered by a 14-cylinder Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include large combustion engines...
RT-flex diesel engine with a power of 80,000 kW, but designers decided that this power is not enough for the ship, and added a waste heat recovery system, which increased the power to 90,000 kW. The ship is registered in the port of Roskilde
Roskilde
Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....
, Denmark in spite of higher taxes. The company is investing in home country taxes and prefers to use the home flags, in spite of lower restrictions of convenient flag
Flag of convenience
The term flag of convenience describes the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating costs or avoid the...
s' countries.
History
Edith Maersk was built by the Odense Steel ShipyardOdense Steel Shipyard
Odense Steel Shipyard located in Odense, Denmark was constructed in 1918–1919 by the A.P. Møller company and will be closed sometime in 2012. A new yard with bigger and better facilities was constructed 1957–1959 on a new site located in Munkebo a few kilometres outside of Odense proper...
, Denmark and was handed over to the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group on Saturday 3 November 2007.
See also
- NYK VegaNYK VegaNYK Vega is a container ship, one of the largest in the world, operated by Nippon Yusen Ship Management. The vessel has a capacity of 8,600 containers in company calculations and 9,012 TEU in IMO calculations...
- CMA CGM MedeaCMA CGM MedeaCMA CGM Medea is a container ship, and among the largest in the world, though she can carry four thousand fewer containers than the largest, Emma Mærsk. The CMA CGM Medea was built in 2006.- Design :...
- COSCO GuangzhouCOSCO GuangzhouCOSCO Guangzhou is a container ship, and one of the largest currently in service. She was built for Cosco Ship Management in 2006 at the company's shipyards. The ship has capacity for 9,500 TEU and mostly sails between the ports in China, India and Japan and those in Western Europe and the United...
- MSC PamelaMSC PamelaMSC Pamela was built by Samsung Heavy Industries and launched in 2005. It is currently one of the largest container ships in the world with a capacity of — around 300 containers per crew member....
- Hannover BridgeHannover BridgeThe Hannover Bridge is one of the largest container vessels of the world. It is registered in Panama, in spite of the Japanese ship-owner and German name....
- Axel MærskAxel MærskThe Axel Maersk is a Danish merchant ship. The container ship is part of the fleet of the Maersk Line. The container ship has a length of and a beam of...
- Maersk Triple E classMaersk Triple E classThe Maersk Triple E class is a planned family of large, fuel-efficient container ships, designed as a successor to the Mærsk E-class. In February 2011, Maersk awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding a US$1.9 billion contract to build twenty of the ships....