Tuesday, August 24, 2010

2nd Emma Maersk, the biggest container ship


2. Emma Maersk, the biggest container ship

The biggest container ship is owned by the container Ship company Maersk Group. The ship is named EMMA Maersk, and it’s the largest container ship that has been operated. This ship is capable of containing nearly 11.000 TEU’s (Twenty feet Equivalent Units), not less than 1.400 container more than the ability of other ships. That’s according to the stability limit of the vessel in accordance with company policy, with assuming the weight per container is 14 tons. But this ship is basically designed to contain 14.500 TEU’s. The ship was built by Odense Steel Shipyard Danish in 2006. There is an interesting fact when the ship was being built. There was a large fire broke out on accommodation deck and bridge deck which caused much damage. But everything could be repaired quickly and the vessels were completed on time. The ship is named EMMA Maersk, which is the name of Maersk Mc-Kinney wife, the founder of Maersk Group.




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