MV Mærsk Boston

Mærsk Boston before sea trials
History
Denmark
NameMaersk Boston
OperatorMaersk Line
Port of registryKøbenhavn
BuilderVolkswerft, Stralsund, Germany
Yard number459
Launched20 February 2006
CompletedMay 2006
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typecontainer ship
Tonnage
Length294 m (965 ft)
Beam32 m (105 ft)
Draft13 m (43 ft)
Speed
  • 37 knots (69 km/h) (maximum)
  • 29 knots (54 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity4,196 TEU
Crew20

Maersk Boston is the first of the Maersk B-class of fast container ships. She was then called the "MV Boston", to reflect her charter to MSC in September 2010.

She has the capacity for approximately 4,000 containers and was designed for rapid transportation between China and the USA. Along with four of her sister ships, she was laid up in Loch Striven in Scotland.