 Cornelia Maersk in the Port of Aarhus | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Odense Steel Shipyard |
| Operators | Maersk Line |
| In service | 2000–present |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Active | 8 |
| General characteristics (Upgraded) | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | 92,198 GT |
| Length | 346.98 m (1,138.4 ft) |
| Beam | 42.8 m (140 ft) |
| Draft | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Capacity | 9,640 TEU |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | 91,921 GT |
| Length | 346.98 m (1,138.4 ft) |
| Beam | 42.95 m (140.9 ft) |
| Draft | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
| Capacity | 8,650 TEU |
The C class is a series of 8 container ships built for Maersk Line. The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark and have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 9,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [1]
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The last three ships were built with a slightly different design compared to the first five. Overall they are slightly wider and were built with a slightly taller bridge.
Between 2011 and 2016, five of the ships were upgraded at the Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry shipyard in China. [2]