Maersk Triple E class
Triple E class container ship Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Daewoo Shipbuilding |
| Operators: | Maersk |
| Preceded by: | Mærsk E class container ship |
| Planned: | 20 ships ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Container ship |
| Tonnage: | 165,000 DWT |
| Displacement: | 55,000 tonnes (empty) |
| Length: | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
| Beam: | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Draft: | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Twin MAN engines, 42912.7 hp each |
| Speed: | N/A |
| Capacity: | 18,340 TEU |
| Notes: | Cost $185 million |
The Maersk Triple E class container ships comprise a family of very large container ships (more than 18,000 TEU).
With a length of 400 m (1,312 ft), when they were built, they were the largest container ships in the world, but were subsequently surpassed by even larger ones such as CSCL Globe.
In February and June 2011, Maersk awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding two US$1.9 billion contracts ($3.8bn total) to build twenty of the ships.
The name "Triple E" is derived from the class's three design principles: "Economy of scale, Energy efficient and Environmentally improved". These ships are expected to be not only the world's longest ships in service, but also the most efficient container ships per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of cargo.
The ships are 400 metres (1,312 ft) long and 59 metres (194 ft) wide. While only 3 metres (9.8 ft) longer and 4 metres (13 ft) wider than E-class ships. the Triple-E ships are able to carry 2,500 more containers. With a beam of 59 metres (194 ft), they are too wide to cross the Panama Canal, but can transit the Suez Canal.
One of the class's main design features is its dual 32-megawatt (43,000 hp) ultra-long stroke two-stroke diesel engines, driving two propellers at a design speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Slower than its predecessors, this class uses a strategy known as slow steaming, which is expected to lower fuel consumption by 37% and carbon dioxide emissions per container by 50%. The Triple E design helped Maersk win a "Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year" award in July 2011.
Maersk plans to use the ships to service routes between Europe and Asia, projecting that Chinese exports will continue to grow. European-Asian trade represents the company's largest market; it already has 100 ships serving this route. Maersk hopes to consolidate its share of this trade with the addition of the Triple-E class ships.
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