The largest world container ship Emma Maersk
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the container ship Emma Maersk
Emma Maersk is a container ship owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When she was launched, Emma Maersk was the largest container ship ever built, and as of 2008 the longest ship in use. Officially, Emma Maersk is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) according to the Maersk Company′s method of calculating capacity, which is about 1400 more containers than any other ship is capable of carrying.
By normal calculations, Emma Maersk′s cargo capacity is significantly greater than the listed capacity — between 13500 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). 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) that can be carried on a vessel. For the container ship Emma Maersk, this is 11000 containers. Other companies calculate the capacity of a container ship according to the maximum number of containers that can be put on the ship, independent of the weight of the containers. This number is always greater than the number calculated by the Maersk method.The ship was built at the Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark. In June 2006, during construction, welding work caused a fire within her superstructure. It spread rapidly through the accommodation section and bridge.The container ship Emma Maersk was named in a ceremony on August 12, 2006. The ship is named after Emma Maersk, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller′s late wife. The ship set sail on her maiden voyage on 8 September 2006 at 02:00 hours from Aarhus, calling at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, the Suez Canal, and arrived in Singapore on 1 October 2006 at 20:05 hours.the container ship Emma Maersk
the container ship Emma Maersk
The container ship Emma Maersk general characteristics :
Length — 397m (1,300ft);
Beam — 56 m (180ft);
Draft — 15,5m (51ft);
Tonnage — 170974 GT (55,396 NT);
Capacity — 156907 DWT (11000 TEU + 1000 TEU (Reefers));
Propulsion — 109000 hp Wartsila 14RT-Flex96c plus 30 MW (40,000 hp) from five Caterpillar 8M32;
Speed — over 25.5 knots;
Crew — 13 with room for 30;
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