Edith Mærsk

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Name: Edith Maersk
Operator: Maersk
Port of registry: Roskilde, File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard
Yard number: L209
Launched: 2007
Acquired: 03 November 2007
Identification: IMO number: 9321548
Status: Currently in service
Notes: Call sign: OXOR2
MMSI: 220501000
General characteristics
Class and type: container ship
Tonnage: 156,907 metric tons (deadweight tonnage)
170,794 (gross tons)
Length: 397.00 m (1,302.49 ft)
Beam: 56.00 m (183.73 ft)
Draught: 30.00 m (98.43 ft)
Draft: 17.5 m (57 ft)
Propulsion: Wartsila engine
80,000 kW
Speed: 26.0 knots (48 km/h) (maximum)
25.2 knots (47 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity: 13,500 containers (company statistics)
11,000 TEU (IMO calculations)
Crew: 13

Edith Maersk is a container ship and the sister ship of Emma Maersk, thus the world's largest cargo ship. Edith Maersk has capacity for 13,500 containers, in spite of calculations from Maersk Line company, that ship has only 11,000 TEUs capacity. The container ship can reach up to 15,200 TEUs according to specialists, but restrictions and requirements about ship's stability are high and cargo auditors from Maersk Company decided that 11,000 container are enough.

Design

The ship Edith Maersk has length of 397.00 m (1,302.49 ft) and beam of 56.00 m (183.73 ft). The depth of the vessel Edith Maersk is 30.00 m (98.43 ft) and while fully loaded the ship can reach draft of 17.5 m (57 ft). The deadweight of the container ship is 156,907 metric tons, while the gross tonnage is 170,794 gross tons. The ship is powered by a 14-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex diesel engine with power of 80,000 kW, but designers decided that this power is not enough for the ship, and added waste heat recovery system, which increased the power to 90,000 kW. The ship is registered in port of Roskilde, Denmark in spite of higher taxes.[clarification needed] The company is investing in home country taxes and prefers to use the home flags, in spite of lower restrictions of convenient flags' countries.

History

Edith Maersk was built by the Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark and was handed over to the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group on Saturday 03 November 2007.[1]

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