Emma Mærsk
Container ship Emma Mærsk in Aarhus, 5 September 2006 | |
| Name | Emma Mærsk |
| Owner | Moller-Maersk |
| Operator | A. P. Moller-Maersk Group |
| Port of registry | Taarbæk, Denmark |
| Builder | Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark |
| Laid down | 20 January 2006 |
| Launched | 18 May 2006 |
| Acquired | 31 August 2006 |
| In service | 31 August 2006 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
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| Class & type | E-class container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 397 m (1,302 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 56 m (183 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 16.02 m (52 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) (deck edge to keel) |
| Propulsion | 81 MW (109,000 hp) Wärtsilä 14RT-Flex96c plus 30 MW (40,000 hp) from five Caterpillar 9M32 |
| Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
| Capacity | |
| Crew | 13, with room for 30 |
| Notes | |
Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E class of eight owned by A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S. When launched in 2006, she was the largest container ship ever built, and in 2010, she and her seven sister ships were among the longest container ships. Officially, she is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) or 14,770 TEU, depending on definition. In May 2010, her sister ship Ebba Mærsk set a record of 15,011 TEU in Tanger-Med, Tangier.