Alexander Mærsk
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The Alexander Mærsk is a container ship of the Mærsk Line .
history
The ship was built in 1998 under the construction number 673 at the shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Corporation in Keelung ( Taiwan ). It was the second in a series of ten container ships for the AP Moller-Maersk Group . The keel was laid on December 17, 1997, the launch on April 6, 1998. The ship was completed on July 27, 1998. The ship was launched as Adrian Mærsk under the flag of Denmark .
In 2013, the ship was shooting the film Captain Phillips , which depicts the pirate attack on Maersk Alabama .
Refugee Incident
On the night of June 22, 2018, the ship, which was in liner service between Malta and Libya , took 113 refugees on board with the support of the lifeline Lifeline . The ship had been asked to rescue the Italian coast guard . After waiting a few days before Pozzallo (Sicily) for permission to dock in an Italian port, the Italian government finally gave it.
It was the first time that a merchant ship with rescued persons on board had been refused entry into an Italian port. Before Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord) gave the approval, Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stöjberg announced that she would ask Italy to act in writing in view of the acute situation.
A spokesman for the World Shipowners Organization ( ICS) pointed out the limited possibilities of merchant ships to take in rescued persons :
"Merchant ships are not a safe place for the rescued, our crews are not trained to take care of the often traumatized and physically weak people."
description
The ship has a MAN B&W 7S50MC diesel engine with a maximum output of 9989 kW ; this acts on a propeller . The two-stroke , seven-cylinder engine was built under license by Hitachi Zosen Diesel & Engineering. The maximum speed of the ship is given as 25 knots , the cruising speed of 18 knots. Three diesel generator sets are available for power generation, which are driven by MAN B&W 8L23 / 30H diesel engines, each with an output of 1,215 kW.
The deckhouse is located in the stern area of the ship. In front of the deckhouse there are eight cargo holds that can be locked with pontoon hatch covers . A breakwater is located in front of the foremost hold to protect the deck containers from overflowing water. The ship's container capacity is 1,092 TEU . With homogeneous loading with 14 t heavy containers , 890 TEU can be loaded. The ship is equipped with 206 connections for refrigerated containers .
Eight 40-foot containers can be loaded one behind the other and ten containers next to one another on deck. Up to four layers can be stowed on top of each other. Two cranes located amidships between hatches 2 and 3 and 6 and 7 are available for cargo handling . The cranes can each lift up to 50 t.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Maersk. In: Maritime-Connector.com .
- ↑ Reference List. CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (PDF, 488 kB).
- ↑ Italy migrant row: 'Inhumane' Malta refuses rescue ship. In: BBC News. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ apr / dpa / Reuters: Italy: Danish container ship "Alexander Maersk" takes refugees. In: Spiegel Online. June 24, 2018, accessed June 24, 2018 .
- ^ Stephen Gadd: Maersk vessel picks up Mediterranean migrants. In: The Post. June 25, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ FAZ.net June 26, 2018: Container ship with migrants docks in Italy
- ↑ a b Container ship “Alexander Maersk” docks in Italy. tagesschau.de, accessed on June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Alexander Maersk. In: Scheepvaartwest.be