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Maersk Edinburgh class
Container ship Maersk Elba at Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal in 2011
Class overview
BuildersHyundai Heavy Industries
In service2010–present
Completed13
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage
  • 125,480–140,580 tonnes DWT
  • 59,800 NT
Length366 m
Beam48.2 m
Draft14.50–15.50 m
Propulsion
  • Hyundai-Wärtsilä 12RT-flex 96C two-stroke Diesel (68,640 kilowatts (92,050 hp))
  • Bow thrusters (2x1,800 kilowatts (2,400 hp))
Speed24.3 knots (45.0 km/h; 28.0 mph)
Capacity

The ships of the Maersk Edinburgh class, Pearl class internally to the shipping company, are among the world's largest post-Panamax container ships.[1] They are about 10% smaller in TEU count or displacement than the Maersk E-class, which were the largest container ships ever constructed until 2012.

History

The series was ordered from the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2007/08 and delivered starting July 2010. The client of the series is the Hamburg-based Rickmers Group.[2] As a charterer, the shipping company Maersk Line from Copenhagen occurs. The ships of the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb-Class or the MSC Daniela-Class [de], delivered to the CMA CGM shipping line from the end of 2009, are also based on the same basic concept, but are both broader.

Five ships of CMA CGM's 13,830- TEU series will commence operations with CMA CGM Christophe Colomb beginning in early June, as well as five other nearly identical 13,092 TEU vessels operated by Maersk, a so-called slow steaming[1] container service begins from Europe to the Far East. The beginning of the service with the abbreviations FAL 5 and AE8 was already planned for the summer of 2009, but was unrealized due to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008. It will run through the ports of Le Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Singapore, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang and back to Le Havre. As of 2010, the ships of the Maersk-Edinburgh class were introduced to the FAL5 / AE8 Far East Europe service.

Records

Maersk Edinburgh-class ships set records when Maersk Elba visited Gdansk on May 11, 2011, becoming the largest container vessel ever handled by a Baltic Sea port,[3] and in 2017 when the same ship visited Port of Haifa to set a record for the largest ship to dock in Israel.[4]

Technology

The double-hulled ships rank among the largest container ships in the world. The class includes innovations and details such as a deckhouse, unlike the majority of conventional container ships, located far forward, which allows for an improved sight beam and thus a higher front deck load. Below the structure, among other things, the bunker tanks are arranged to comply with MARPOL 73/78 regulations. Another feature is the powerful drive system with the two-stroke diesel main engine type Hyundai-Wärtsilä 12RT-flex 96C (Sulzer design) arranged as far as possible aft. For electric power supply, there are five diesel generators of 2,700 kW each and an emergency generator with 300 kW available. The hold of the ships are closed with pontoon hatch covers. The vessels have a maximum container capacity of 13,092 TEU, with an average container weight of fourteen tons, the capacity is reduced to 9,080 units. There are also 800 connections for integral refrigerated containers.

Ships

Maersk Edinburgh class
Name as built Builder's number IMO number In service date Buyer Renamed
Pearl Rickmers 2150 9456757 July 2010 Rickmers Maersk Edinburgh
Ruby Rickmers 2151 9456769 July 2010 Rickmers Maersk Emden
Aqua Rickmers 2152 9456771 16 August 2010 Rickmers Maersk Eindhoven
Coconee Rickmers 2153 9456783 August 2010 Rickmers Maersk Essen
Leo Rickmers 2170 9458030 18 February 2011 Rickmers Maersk Edmonton
Scorpio Rickmers* 2171 9458078 10 March 2011 Rickmers Maersk Elba
Tauro Rickmers* 2172 9458080 1 June 2011 Rickmers Maersk Evora
Libra Rickmers* 2173 9458092 22 July 2011 Rickmers Maersk Essex
Maersk Edison S433 9463011 12 January 2011 Zodiac Maritime -
Maersk Erving S434 9463023 2 March 2011 Zodiac Maritime -
Maersk Eubank S435 9463035 30 March 2011 Zodiac Maritime -
Maersk Enfield S436 9463047 4 May 2011 Zodiac Maritime -
Maersk Effingham S437 9463059 15 June 2011 Zodiac Maritime -
* = Shipping company's internal name only

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Four new big ones for Rickmers", Marine cafe (blog), July 2, 2010
  2. ^ Rickmers "Pearl" class" (PDF) (datasheet flyer), Rickmers Group, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-30
  3. ^ "Rickmers container vessel breaks all records as she sails into the Baltic", American Journal of Transportation, May 19, 2011
  4. ^ Eric Haun (February 2, 2017), Maersk Ship the Largest to Ever Call in Israel
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