Starting at the beginning of June, five ships of the 13,830 TEU series from CMA CGM will start a so-called slow-steaming container service from Europe to the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb , as well as five other 13,092 TEU ships used by Maersk, which are almost identical in construction Start the Far East. The start of the service with the abbreviation FAL 5 or AE8 was planned for the summer of 2009, but was not implemented from 2007 due to the financial crisis . It will lead via the ports of Le Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Singapore, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang and back to Le Havre. From 2010, the ships of the Maersk Edinburgh class were introduced into the FAL5 / AE8 Far East European service.
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On the one hand, the size of the double-hulled ships is at the forefront ; they are (2010) among the largest container ships in the world. In terms of shipbuilding, however, a number of innovations and details are more striking. In contrast to the majority of conventional container ships, the deckhouse is arranged far forward, which enables an improved line of sight and thus a higher forward deck loading. Among other things, the bunker tanks are arranged below the superstructure in order to meet the latest MARPOL regulations. The powerful drive system with the two-stroke diesel main engine type Hyundai-Wärtsilä 12RT-flex 96C (Sulzer design), which is arranged as far aft as possible, is also outstanding. Five diesel generators, each with a capacity of 2700 kW, and an emergency generator with 300 kW are available for the electrical energy supply. The holds of the ships are closed with pontoon hatch covers. The ships have a maximum container capacity of 13,092 TEU, with an average container weight of fourteen tons, the capacity drops to 9,080 units. There are also 800 connections for integral refrigerated containers .
