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Class Ship Capacity () Entered service Displacement Length (metres) Note Triple E class (first generation) Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller: 18,270 TEU: 2013
A Maersk Line 40ft container being lifted by a crane. A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Danish: [ˈɛˀ ˈpʰe̝ˀ ˈmølɐ ˈmɛɐ̯sk]), usually known simply as Maersk (English: / m ɛər s k / MAIRSK), [3] is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
In 2015, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched the 2M Alliance, a vessel-sharing agreement on the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. . The arrangement, which includes a series of slot exchanges and slot purchases on east–west routes, also involves Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels chartered to HMM.
In February 2011 Maersk announced orders for a new "Triple E" family of container ships with a capacity of 18,000 TEU, with an emphasis on lower fuel consumption. [4] They were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea; the initial order, for ten ships, was valued at US$1.9 billion (2 trillion Korean Won); [5] Maersk had options to buy a further twenty ships. [6]
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller was the world's largest and most efficient operational container ship at the time of its completion, totalling 399 metres (1,309 ft 1 in) in length and with a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers. [12] Its efficiency is maximized by fuel-efficient engines and a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph), reducing its ...
Emma Mærsk. Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E class of eight owned by A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S. When launched in 2006, she was the largest container ship ever built, and in 2010, she and her seven sister ships were among the longest container ships. Officially, she is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units ...
Maersk Edinburgh-class container ship. Maersk Eindhoven. Maersk Hangzhou. Maersk Honam. Maersk M-class container ship. Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller (ship) Maersk Peary. MV Maersk Tigris. Maersk V-class container ship.
Eleonora Mærsk is a sister ship of Emma Maersk [3] and has a maximum speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). The ship was specifically designed to sail through the Asian trade route, and has the largest combustion engine ever built. [4] Its engine is the equivalent of 1,000 family-sized cars.