Gudrun Mærsk

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Career (Denmark) Denmark
Name: Gudrun Maersk
Operator: Maersk Line
Builder: Odense Steel, Denmark
Launched: 2005
Status: Currently in service
Notes: Call sign: OYAU2
IMO Number: 9302877
MMSI: 220379000
General characteristics
Class and type: container ship
Tonnage: 115,700 metric tons (deadweight tonnage)
97,933 gt (gross tonnage)
Length: 367 m (1,204 ft)
Beam: 43 m (141 ft)
Draft: 14.5 m (48 ft)
Propulsion: Wärtsila 12RT-flex96c, 68,640 kW at 102 rpm
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h) (maximum)
23.2 knots (43 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity: 8,500 containers (company statistics)

The Gudrun Maersk is a very large container ship, capable of carrying 8,500 TEU and with a deadweight (DWT) of 115,700 metric tons. The ship was built in 2005 and is operated by the Maersk Line.

Design

The container vessel Gudrun Maersk was constructed at the Odense Steel shipyard in Denmark and launched in 2005. At the time it was the world's largest container vessel, a title it lost in 2006 to the Emma Maersk. The Gudrun Maersk has a capacity of 8,500 TEU.[1] The length of the vessel is 367 m (1,204 ft) and the beam is 43 m (141 ft). The vessel deadweight is 115,700 metric tons with a gross tonnage of 97,933 metric tons. The maximum power of the main engine of Gudrun Maersk is 68,640 kW (93,211 bhp)at 102 rpm.

See also

References

  1. "Ship and Yacht Information". shipsinfo.info. March 2008. http://www.ships-info.info/mer-Gudrun-Maersk.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 

External links

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