Maersk takes on world's biggest box ship - 18,270-TEU Mc-Kinney Moller
DENMARK's Maersk Line has received its first of 20 same-size mega ships with the delivery of the 18,270-TEU Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, built by South Korea's DSME shipyard for US$190 million.
The world's largest containership is named after the son of the founder of AP Moller-Maersk Group who died last year at 98. His youngest daughter Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla was present at the naming of the vessel at the shipyard.
The Triple-E class vessels of 399 metres length and 23 rows across at 59 metres will arrive between this summer and roll out into 2015 to be deployed on the existing route between Asia and Northern Europe (AE10) on the Asia-Europe-Baltic loop effective immediately.
It will replace the 9,661-TEU Butterfly, a temporary ship to replace Emma Maersk out of service due to flood damage. The remaining three EEE class vessels coming upstream will replace 13,000-TEU units on the AE10.
The super-sized vessels stand 20-storeys high and beat world records for largest by 2,250 TEU. They feature a twin-engine, twin-propeller and twin-rudder propulsion system. Two MAN B&W 8S80ME-C 9.2 engines with an MCR of 29,680 kW will drive the ships at a moderate service speed of 22 knots. Two exhaust gas economisers have also been installed. It employs five generator sets and 19,200 kW of electric power.
The wide EEE-ships are capable of supplying up to 1,800 temperature-controlled containers with electricity using 10-11 kW per reefer container. It stands second to reefer container ships that can carry 2,100 plugs in Hamburg Sud's Cap San Nicholas series.
Other advantages include its U-shape hull form and a twin-island design which reduces available space taken up by the propeller shaft allowing more layers of containers without impacting visibility from the bridge.
The vessel's innovative design features a hull and bow shape which supports efficient speed through the water and an advanced waste-heat recovery system that captures and reuses energy from the engines' exhaust gas for extra propulsion with additional lower fuel consumption.
DENMARK's Maersk Line has received its first of 20 same-size mega ships with the delivery of the 18,270-TEU Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, built by South Korea's DSME shipyard for US$190 million.
The world's largest containership is named after the son of the founder of AP Moller-Maersk Group who died last year at 98. His youngest daughter Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla was present at the naming of the vessel at the shipyard.
The Triple-E class vessels of 399 metres length and 23 rows across at 59 metres will arrive between this summer and roll out into 2015 to be deployed on the existing route between Asia and Northern Europe (AE10) on the Asia-Europe-Baltic loop effective immediately.
It will replace the 9,661-TEU Butterfly, a temporary ship to replace Emma Maersk out of service due to flood damage. The remaining three EEE class vessels coming upstream will replace 13,000-TEU units on the AE10.
The super-sized vessels stand 20-storeys high and beat world records for largest by 2,250 TEU. They feature a twin-engine, twin-propeller and twin-rudder propulsion system. Two MAN B&W 8S80ME-C 9.2 engines with an MCR of 29,680 kW will drive the ships at a moderate service speed of 22 knots. Two exhaust gas economisers have also been installed. It employs five generator sets and 19,200 kW of electric power.
The wide EEE-ships are capable of supplying up to 1,800 temperature-controlled containers with electricity using 10-11 kW per reefer container. It stands second to reefer container ships that can carry 2,100 plugs in Hamburg Sud's Cap San Nicholas series.
Other advantages include its U-shape hull form and a twin-island design which reduces available space taken up by the propeller shaft allowing more layers of containers without impacting visibility from the bridge.
The vessel's innovative design features a hull and bow shape which supports efficient speed through the water and an advanced waste-heat recovery system that captures and reuses energy from the engines' exhaust gas for extra propulsion with additional lower fuel consumption.