MAERSK SHATTERS THE WORLD RECORD
BY ADDING THE WORLD’S LARGEST BOXSHIP TO ITS
FLEET
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| MAERSK MADRID |
Maersk Line welcomed its latest
box ship Madrid Maersk this week which
turns out to be the largest vessel in the world. MOL was triumphant in announcing
the delivery of 20,179 TEU MOL Triumph which measures 400 meters in length and
58.8 meters in beam. It is the first of six 20,000 TEU-class ULCVs MOL ordered
from SHI back in February 2015.
20,568 TEU MADRID MAERSK
According to the maritime analyst
Alphaliner, the Madrid Maersk has a capacity of 20,568 twenty-foot equivalent
units (TEUs), making her the world’s largest ship by TEU carrying capacity. The
vessel is the first of Maersk’s 2nd generation Triple-E’s, known officially as
the EEE Mark II. Maesrk ordered 11 of the vessels in 2015 for a rumored $1.8
billion.
Delivery of the remaining 10
Triple-E Mark II’s is expected to take place between now and the second quarter
of 2018. The Madrid Maersk is reportedly measures 399 meters in length and has
a beam of 58 meters.
Maersk Line made headlines in
June 2013 when it took delivery of the first Triple-E, the Maersk Mc-Kinney
Møller, which was the first Ultra-Large Container Vessel to surpass 18,000
TEUs. The company was delivered a total of 20 of the Triple-E vessels between
2013 and 2015 from DSME.
Difference between Maersk’s first generation 18,340 teu Triple-E and
the new second gen EEE
The main change from the original
design was moving the bridge two bays forward and the engine room and funnel
section one bay aft. Thus, the container intake is increased under deck as well
as on deck, due to improved visibility from the bridge.
Another difference from their
18,340 teu Triple-E predecessors is that the new ships sit deeper in the water,
by 50 cm, to 16.5 metres, raising the deadweight to 206,000 tons, from the
previous 194,500, and enabling an extra tier of containers to be stowed on deck
from 11 to 12.
Furthermore the engines are
lighter, improving deadweight limitations, having been downsized from eight to
seven cylinders.
