Regina Mærsk type

Regina-Mærsk -Type
K-Class

The Regina Maersk in their first New York start-up

Ship data Ship type Container Ship Shipping company Maersk Line, Copenhagen Shipyard Odense Staalskibsvaerft, Lindø, Denmark Construction period 1995 to 1997 Units built 6th Cruising areas Worldwide trip

Ship dimensions and crew length 318.24 m ( Lüa ) width 42.80 m Draft Max. 14.50 m measurement 81488 GT 43399 NRZ

Machine system machine 1 × MAN B&W 12K90MC two-stroke diesel engine Machine performance 74,640 hp (54,898 kW) Top speed 24.6 kn (46 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 84,900 dwt Container 6000 TEU Connections for refrigerated containers 703

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register

The ships of the Regina Mærsk type , K-Class within the shipping company , were the world's largest container ships when they were built in 1996 .

history

The series ordered in the mid-1990s was delivered from January 1996 by the Danish Odense Staalskibsværft . The client for the series was the Copenhagen-based shipping company Maersk Line , which also acts as a charterer after the ships were sold in 2007/08. As early as September 1997, the ships were replaced by the next size record holder, the Sovereign-Mærsk type .

The K-class ships were the first post-Panamax container ships that could carry over 6000 TEU. Since Mærsk gave very cautious TEU numbers at that time and the maximum nominal slot capacity in the industry was set at 8,000 TEU or more, the K-Class is also one of the first VLCS ( Very Large Container Ship ) types . The ships can stow 17 containers side by side and a total of 13 layers on top of each other. The main engines used were the most powerful diesel engines on the market at the time.

In May 2020, the scrapping of the Kokura became known. The ships of the K-class were thus the largest container ships to be scrapped.

The ships

Mærsk K-class
Building name	Build number	IMO number	Keel laying, launching, delivery	Renaming and whereabouts
Regina Mærsk	-	9085522	- November 18, 1995 -	Mærsk Kure (2007) → Kure (2018) → intended for scrapping since June 8, 2020.
Knud Mærsk	-	9085534	- March 9, 1996 -	Mærsk Kotka (2008)
Kate Mærsk	-	9085546	- June 21, 1996 -	Mærsk Kleven (2008) → MSC Kleven (2013) → Mærsk Kleven (2018)
Karen Mærsk	-	9085558	- October 4, 1996 -	Mærsk Karlskrona (2008) → MSC Karlskrona (2013) → Mærsk Karlskrona (2018)
Katrine Mærsk	-	9085560	- January 3, 1997 -	Mærsk Kokura (2008) → Kokura (2017) → Niledutch Panther (2018) → Kokura (2018) → 2020 demolition in Alang
Kirsten Mærsk	-	9107887	- April 4, 1997 -	Mærsk Kawasaki (2007) → Kawasaki (2020) → 2020 demolition in Alang

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Register at containership-info (English)
2. ↑ Another Costamare demolition marks the limit of scrapping candidates. Container News, June 11, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Costamare ship sale will herald new era in boxship demolition. Container News, May 26, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 . 

Web links

• Milestones Maersk (English)
• The Regina Maersk at people.hofstra (English)
• The type of ship in container-transportation (English)