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]
Sister ships
- 2007 Ebba Maersk
- 2007 Edith Maersk
- 2007 Eleonora Maersk
- 2007 Elly Maersk
- 2006 Emma Maersk
- 2006 Estelle Maersk
- 2008 Eugen Maersk
- 2007 Evelyn Maersk
See also
References
- ↑ "Maersk Press releases - Namegiving of newbuilding L 209 from Odense Steel Shipyard". 03 November 2007. http://media.maersk.com/en/pressreleases/2007/Pages/NewbuildingL209.aspx. Retrieved 05 May 2009.
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