Triple E-class container ship Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller | |
Class overview | |
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Builders: | Daewoo Shipbuilding |
Operators: | Maersk |
Preceded by: | Mærsk Eclass |
Planned: | 31 |
Building: | 0 |
Completed: | 31 |
Active: | 31 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Container ship |
Tonnage: | 196,000 DWT |
Displacement: | 55,000 tonnes (empty) [1] |
Length: | 399.2 m (1,310 ft) |
Beam: | 59 m (194 ft) |
Draft: | 16 m (52 ft) |
Decks: | 4 |
Propulsion: | Twin MAN engines, 29,680 kilowatts (39,800 hp) each |
Speed: | Design cruise: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Max: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Capacity: | 18,340 TEU |
Notes: | Cost $185 million [1] |
General characteristics (2nd generation) | |
Type: | Container ship |
Tonnage: | 210,019 DWT |
Length: | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
Beam: | 58.6 m (192 ft) |
Draft: | 16 m (52 ft) |
Propulsion: | Twin MAN engines, 31,000 kilowatts (42,000 hp) each |
Capacity: | 20,568 TEU |
The Maersk Triple E-class container ships comprise a family of very large container ships of more than 18,000 TEU.
With a length of 399.2 m (1,310 ft), when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, but were subsequently surpassed by larger ones such as CSCL Globe. [2] [3]
In February and June 2011, Maersk awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding two US$1.9 billion contracts ($3.8bn total) to build twenty of the ships.
The name "Triple E" is derived from the class's three design principles: "Economy of scale, Energy efficient and Environmentally improved".
The ships are 399.2 metres (1,310 ft) long and 59 metres (194 ft) wide. While only 3 metres (9.8 ft) longer and 4 metres (13 ft) wider than the Mærsk Eclass, the Triple E ships are able to carry 2,500 more containers. With a beam of 59 metres (194 ft), they are too wide to traverse the Panama Canal, but can transit the Suez Canal.
One of the class's main design features is its dual 29.68- megawatt (39,800 hp) ultra-long stroke two-stroke diesel engines, driving two propellers at a design speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). This class is by design slower than its predecessors, using a strategy known as slow steaming expected to lower fuel consumption by 37% and carbon dioxide emissions per container by 50%. The Triple E design helped Maersk win a "Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year" award in July 2011.
Maersk plans to use the ships to service routes between Europe and Asia, projecting that Chinese exports will continue to grow. European-Asian trade represents the company's largest market; it already has 100 ships serving this route.
In February 2011 Maersk announced orders for a new "Triple E" family of container ships with a capacity of 18,000 TEU, with an emphasis on lower fuel consumption. [4] They were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea; the initial order, for ten ships, was valued at US$1.9 billion (2 trillion Korean Won); [5] Maersk had options to buy a further twenty ships. [6] In June 2011 Maersk announced that 10 more ships had been ordered for $1.9bn, [7] but an option for a third group of ten ships would not be exercised. [8] Payment of the ship is "tail-heavy": 40% while the ship is being built, and the remaining 60% paid on delivery. [9] Deliveries were scheduled to begin in 2013. [10] Maersk negotiated a two-year warranty, where the standard is one year. [1]
Prior to 2010 many Maersk container ships had been built at Maersk's Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark, but Asian builders had become more competitively priced. [11] Maersk had approached several different builders in Asia, having ruled out European shipbuilders on grounds of cost, and Chinese on technological grounds. [12] [13] DSME builds three Triple-Es at a time, and it takes little more than a year to produce a ship. [1]
Investment in more efficient ships helped Maersk win the "Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year" award from Petromedia Group's on-line publication sustainableshipping.com in July 2011. [14]
In 2015 Maersk ordered an additional series of 11 Triple E-class ships, due to be delivered from 2017 onwards. The First ship is the Madrid Maersk. She went on her maiden voyage to Antwerp. [15]
Maersk Triple E class | ||||||
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No. | Ship | Yard number | IMO number | Delivery | Status | ref |
1 | Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller | 4250 | 9619907 | 02 Jul 2013 | in service | [16] |
2 | Majestic Mærsk | 4251 | 9619919 | 02 Aug 2013 | in service | [17] |
3 | Mary Mærsk | 4252 | 9619921 | 30 Aug 2013 | in service | [18] |
4 | Marie Mærsk | 4253 | 9619933 | 18 Oct 2013 | in service | [19] |
5 | Madison Mærsk | 4254 | 9619945 | 06 Jan 2014 | in service | [20] |
6 | Magleby Mærsk | 4255 | 9619957 | 10 Feb 2014 | in service | [21] |
7 | Maribo Mærsk | 4256 | 9619969 | 07 Apr 2014 | in service | [22] |
8 | Marstal Mærsk | 4257 | 9619971 | 20 May 2014 | in service | [23] |
9 | Matz Mærsk | 4258 | 9619983 | 10 Jun 2014 | in service | [24] |
10 | Mayview Mærsk | 4259 | 9619995 | 25 Jul 2014 | in service | [25] |
11 | Merete Mærsk | 4262 | 9632064 | 22 Aug 2014 | in service | [26] |
12 | Mogens Mærsk | 4263 | 9632090 | 17 Sep 2014 | in service | [27] |
13 | Morten Mærsk | 4264 | 9632105 | 10 Nov 2014 | in service | [28] |
14 | Munkebo Mærsk | 4265 | 9632117 | 18 Dec 2014 | in service | [29] |
15 | Maren Mærsk | 4266 | 9632129 | 29 Dec 2014 | in service | [30] |
16 | Margrethe Mærsk | 4267 | 9632131 | 13 Apr 2015 | in service | [31] |
17 | Marchen Mærsk | 4268 | 9632143 | 27 May 2015 | in service | [32] |
18 | Mette Mærsk | 4269 | 9632155 | 6 May 2015 | in service | [33] |
19 | Marit Mærsk | 4270 | 9632167 | 05 Jun 2015 | in service | [34] |
20 | Mathilde Mærsk | 4271 | 9632179 | 30 Jun 2015 | in service | [35] |
Maersk Triple E class (2nd Generatation) | ||||||
21 | Madrid Mærsk | 4302 | 9778791 | 07 Apr 2017 | in service | [36] |
22 | Munich Mærsk | 4303 | 9778806 | 15 Jun 2017 | in service | [37] |
23 | Moscow Mærsk | 4304 | 9778818 | 14 Jul 2017 | in service | [38] |
24 | Milan Mærsk | 4305 | 9778820 | 13 Sep 2017 | in service | [39] |
25 | Monaco Mærsk | 4306 | 9778832 | 30 Oct 2017 | in service | [40] |
26 | Marseille Mærsk | 4307 | 9778844 | 04 Jan 2018 | in service | [41] |
27 | Manchester Mærsk | 4308 | 9780445 | 08 Jan 2018 | in service | [42] |
28 | Murcia Mærsk | 4309 | 9780457 | 28 Feb 2018 | in service | [43] |
29 | Manila Mærsk | 4310 | 9780469 | 29 Mar 2018 | in service | [44] |
30 | Mumbai Mærsk | 4311 | 9780471 | 3 May 2018 | in service | [45] |
31 | Maastricht Mærsk | 4312 | 9780483 | 10 Jan 2019 | in service | [46] |
Source: Equasis, [47] grosstonnage [48] |
Unlike conventional single-engined container ships, the new class of ships has a twin-skeg design: it has twin diesel engines, each driving a separate propeller. Usually, a single engine is more efficient, [12] but using two propellers allows a better distribution of pressure, which increases the propeller efficiency more than the disadvantage of using two engines. [55]
The engines have waste heat recovery (WHR) systems; these are also used in 20 other Mærsk vessels including the eight E-class ships. The name "Triple E class" refers to three design principles: "Economy of scale, energy efficient and environmentally improved". [49]
The twin-skeg principle also means that the engines can be lower and further back, allowing more room for cargo. Maersk requires ultra-long stroke two-stroke engines running at 80 rpm (versus 90 rpm in the E class); [56] but this requires more propeller area for the same effect, and such a combination is only possible with two propellers due to the shallow water depth of the desired route. [13] [54]
A slower speed of 19 knots is designed, compared to the 23–26 knots of similar ships. [13] The top speed would be 25 knots, but steaming at 20 knots would reduce fuel consumption by 37%, and at 17.5 knots fuel consumption would be halved. [51] These slower speeds would add 2–6 days to journey times. [57]
The various environmental features are expected to cost $30 million per ship, of which the WHR is to cost $10 million. [12] Carbon dioxide emissions, per container, are expected to be 50% lower than emissions by typical ships on the Asia-Europe route [58] and 20% lower than Emma Maersk . [59] These are the most efficient container ships per TEU in the world. A cradle-to-cradle design principle was used to improve scrapping when the ships end their life. [60]
The Madrid Maersk and subsequent ships in the series use electric motor-generator sets to improve operation. [61]
The ships were the longest in the world. [62] [63] They have since been surpassed by other container ships, like the MV Barzan, which are exactly 400 m (1,312 ft) long. The Triple E series and its competitors often leapfrog each other for capacity as the types are updated with new ships larger than their sisters. For a while, Madrid Maersk with 20,568 TEU had the world's largest capacity until superseded by the 21,413 TEU OOCL Hong Kong . [64]
The hull is more 'boxy' with a U cross-section compared to the V-shape of Maersk's E class; this allows more containers to be stored at lower levels so, while the Triple E class is only 3 m (9.8 ft) wider and 4 m (13 ft) longer, it can carry 2,500 (16%) more containers. The Triple E class can carry 23 rows of containers compared to 22 of the E class, which makes better use of the reach of current terminal cranes. [12]
The deckhouse is relatively further forward, whilst the engines are to the rear; similar toCMA CGM's Explorerclass of containerships, also built by Daewoo. [65] The forward deckhouse allows containers to be stacked higher in front of the bridge, further increasing capacity while maintaining forward visibility sufficient to comply with SOLAS regulation V/22.
The Triple E-class vessels are operated by a crew of 13, while the even larger Globe class requires 31 on board.[ citation needed ]
When the class was ordered, no port in the Americas could handle ships of their size. [66] Suitable ports include Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Qingdao, Yantian, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore and Colombo in Asia, and Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Wilhelmshaven, [67] Bremerhaven, Southampton, London Gateway, Le Havre, Felixstowe, Gdańsk, Antwerp and Algeciras in Europe. The ships will be too big for the New Panamax-sized locks on the Panama Canal, [66] and their main route is expected to be Asia-Europe (through the Suez Canal). [68] The draft of the Triple E class is 14.5 metres (48 ft), less than the SuezMax requirement of 55.9 ft (17.0 m) at 59 m (194 ft) beam. [69] Handling equipment at ports was the main constraint on size, rather than the dimensions of canals or straits. [12] The container port handling speed can be 29 moves per hour in Tanger-Med, [70] or 37 in Rotterdam (215 per ship). [71] Anchor and mooring winch systems are being supplied by TTS Marine. [72]
Maersk plans to use the ships on routes between Europe and Asia. [63] In 2008 there was a reduction in demand for container transport caused by recessions in many countries. This left shipping lines in financial difficulties in 2009, with surplus capacity. Some ships were laid up or scrapped. However, there was a sudden resurgence of demand for container transport in 2010; Maersk posted its largest ever profit, [73] and orders for new ships increased, leading to fresh concerns about future overcapacity. [74] The market was still characterized by overcapacity and decreasing prices for new ships in 2013. China Shipping Container Lines ordered five ships with a capacity of 18,400 TEU [75] from Hyundai Heavy Industries, [76] topping the Triple E class, with delivery from late 2014. [75] United Arab Shipping Company has ordered (also from Hyundai) five slightly larger ships and five ships larger than the Maersk E class. [76] Several other larger ships have been ordered by the industry. [77]
Slow steaming, as used by the Triple E class, is one way of managing capacity and reducing fuel consumption. The order for many big ships is a gamble on Maersk's part that Chinese exports will continue to grow. [63] Lack of market growth in the second half of 2012 caused Maersk to postpone a decision on how to use the Triple E class. Five Triple E-class vessels were to be delivered in 2013, with an impact sometime in 2014 with eight or nine Triple E-class vessels operating. [78] Maersk already uses approximately 100 ships on the Asia-Europe route, which is their most important. [57] SeaIntel expects about 46 ships with more than 10,000 TEU each to be delivered worldwide in 2013. [79] The construction of newer, larger ships has influenced development plans at ports such as London Gateway and JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven (Germany), [80] and Algeciras and Tanjung had bigger cranes installed. The maximum number of TEUs carried in one trip was 18,024 in January 2015, in Algeciras, Spain. [81]
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