Earth-class container ship

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Hyundai Mars as MSC Mars on Western Scheldt.
Class overview
Builders Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Operators HMM
In service2016–present
Planned6
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
Type Container ship
Tonnage110,632  GT
Length324 m (1,063 ft)
Beam48.4 m (159 ft)
Draught15.5 m (51 ft)
Capacity10,077  TEU

The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years. [1] [2] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 10,077 TEU. [3] The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.

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List of ships

ShipPrevious namesYard numberIMO numberDeliveryStatusref
Hyundai Earth Hyundai Earth (2016–2017)
MSC Earth (2017–2020)
4290972511021 January 2016In service [4]
Hyundai Mars Hyundai Mars (2016–2017)
MSC Mars (2017–2020)
4291972512226 February 2016In service [5]
Hyundai Jupiter Hyundai Jupiter (2016–2017)
Maersk Suzhou (2017–2020)
4292972513421 March 2016In service [6]
Hyundai Saturn Hyundai Saturn (2016–2017)
MSC Saturn (2017–2020)
4293972514616 May 2016In service [7]
Hyundai Neptune Hyundai Neptune (2016–2017)
Maersk Shanghai (2017–2020)
4294972515829 June 2016In service [8]
Hyundai Pluto Hyundai Pluto (2016–2017)
Maersk Shenzen (2017–2020)
429597251606 July 2016In service [9]

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References

  1. "Zodiac Maritime - Fleet List". zodiac-maritime.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "HMM chartering six 10,000 TEU container vessels | Marine Offshore Technology". marineoffshoretechnology.net. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. "HMM Vessel Fleet". HMM. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  4. "Hyundai Earth (9725110)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "Hyundai Mars (9725122)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. "Hyundai Jupiter (9725134)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. "Hyundai Saturn (9725146)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. "Hyundai Neptune (9725158)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. "Hyundai Pluto (9725160)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 15 September 2020.