Estelle Maersk
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| Career | |
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| Name: | Estelle Mærsk |
| Owner: | Mærsk Line |
| Port of registry: | Hellerup, Denmark |
| Builder: | Odense Steel Shipyard |
| Yard number: | 204 |
| Launched: | 2006 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9321495 |
| Fate: | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Maersk PS-class container ship |
| Tonnage: | 151,687 GRT |
| Length: | 1,302.5 feet (397.0 m) |
| Beam: | 183.7 feet (56.0 m) |
| Depth: | 98.4 feet (30.0 m) |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä diesel engine; 85,000 kw |
| Capacity: |
156,907 metric tons deadweight (DWT) Template:TEU Template:TEU (Reefers) |
| Crew: | 13 |
| Notes: | [1] |
Estelle Mærsk is a container ship owned and run by the Mærsk Line. She was, and still is, as of 2009, one of the eight largest container ships ever built by terms of gross tonnage. Estelle Mærsk has a capacity of 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), including around 1,000 40 feet (12 m) reefer containers, though a maximum capacity of 13,500 TEU is claimed. She is identical to the seven other ships in the Maersk PS-Class, the first built of which was Emma Maersk.
The Estelle Mærsk is 1,302.5 feet (397.0 m) long and has a gross register tonnage of 151,687. Her beam (width) is 183.7 feet (56.0 m).[2] She is powered by a Wärtsilä diesel engine, assisted by a waste heat recovery system, that can produce between 80,000 and 90,000 kilowatts of power. A coat of environmentally safe silicone paint is used on the hull below the waterline, reducing drag and thus increasing speed and saving up to 1,200 tons of fuel per year. Estelle Mærsk was built by Odense Steel Shipyard of Denmark in 2006.[1] Mærsk claim that these technologies, and staying below 10 knots whenever possible, reduce emissions by around 25% compared to other ships.[2]
An older ship of the same name was attacked with rocket propelled grenades by Iranians near to Dubai in 1987,[3] many years before the current Estelle was built.
Sister ships
- 2006 Emma Maersk
- 2006 Estelle Maersk
- 2007 Ebba Maersk
- 2007 Edith Maersk
- 2007 Eleonora Maersk
- 2007 Elly Maersk
- 2007 Evelyn Maersk
- 2008 Eugen Maersk
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Estelle Maersk". Ship of the Day. http://shipoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/04/estelle-maersk.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25.[unreliable source?]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harrabin, Roger (18 September 2009). "Harrabin's notes: Shipping out". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8263084.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ "Iran raids 2 tankers, sets ships ablaze". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dec 7, 1987. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I1MNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5050,2981355&dq=estelle-maersk. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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