Triple E class

Triple E class

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller on the first call in Bremerhaven

ship data ship type Container Ship shipping company A.P. Møller-Mærsk , Copenhagen order February 2011, June 2011, June 2015 shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Geoje, South Korea construction period 2012 to 2019 Built Units 31 travel areas Europe Far East route

ship dimensions and crew length 399.00 m ( LOA ) 376.21 m ( Lpp ) broad 59.00 m page height 30.30 m draft max. 15.50 m measurement 194,849 GT 79,120 NRZ

From 2nd generation length 399.00 m ( LOA ) broad 58.60m draft max. 16.50 m measurement 214,286 GT

machinery machine 2× MAN two- stroke diesel engine machine performance 59,360 kW (80,707 hp) top speed 25.0  knots (46  km/h ) propeller 2× fixed propellers

transport capacities Load capacity 194,153 tdw Container 18,270 TEU Connections refrigerated container 1800

From 2nd generation Load capacity 206,000 tdw Container 20,586 TEU

Others classifications American Bureau of Shipping

The container ships of the Triple-E class of the Danish shipping company Mærsk Line are among the largest ships of their kind in the world. The name Triple-E is derived from the three maxims on which the design was based: “Economy of scale” , “Energy efficient” (German “ energy efficiency ”) and “Environmentally improved” (German “improved environmental friendliness”).

procurement and use

first generation

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller on the first call in Bremerhaven

The customer for the series of ULCS units is the Copenhagen -based shipping company Mærsk Line. At the end of February 2011, ten ships were initially ordered from the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for delivery between 2013 and 2015. The price is around US$190 million per unit. On June 27, 2011, the option to build the second lot, consisting of a further ten ships, was exercised in Tokyo. However, Maersk did not exercise an option limited to February 2012 to build a further ten ships of the type.

The ships are used on the route between Asia and Europe, as there are currently no ports in North America that are suitable for ships of this size. The only German port that ships can call at fully loaded is the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven , which opened in 2012 and in which Maersk has a 30 percent stake.

The lead ship of the series, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , was named after the chairman of the Mærsk Group, who died in 2012. The christening took place in South Korea on June 14, 2013, and the ship was delivered on July 2, 2013. Two weeks later, the ship started its maiden voyage from Busan (South Korea) to Rotterdam and Bremerhaven .

On January 26, 2015, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller sailed from Algeciras to Tanjung Pelepas with a load of 18,168 TEU, the largest number of containers ever transported by a ship.

Second generation

In June 2015, a further eleven vessels of a revised Triple-E design of approximately 206,000 deadweight tons and approximately 19,630 TEU were ordered from DSME for delivery between April 2017 and May 2018. There are also options for up to six more ships.

The second generation ships are essentially identical to the first generation ships. All ships have a length of 399 meters. The decisive difference between the ships of the first generation and the second generation lies in the different draft . The ships of the second generation have a draft of 16.5 meters, the ships of the first generation 15.5 meters.

Among other things, due to the greater permissible draft of the ships of the second generation, their carrying capacity increases from 194,153 tdw to 210,019 tdw. The maximum number of slots was increased from 18,270 TEU to 20,586 TEU.

The last ship, the Maastricht Mærsk , was delivered in January 2019.

Shipwreck Mumbai Maersk

Salvage sketch of the emergency command

On the night of February 2, 2022, the Mumbai Mærsk ran aground off Wangerooger Plate ( Lage ) . The ship was en route from Maasvlakte to Container Terminal Bremerhaven . At around 1 a.m. on February 4, the Sovereign , the Neuwerk and six other tugs were able to pull the Mumbai Mærsk back into the deep waters. The Mumbai Mærsk then proceeded under its own power and accompanied by a tug to the CT Bremerhaven, which it reached around 2 p.m. The cause of the accident is still being determined.

technology

A number of innovations and details are noteworthy in terms of shipbuilding , which have already been used, for example, in the somewhat smaller series of the CMA-CGM-Christophe-Colomb class . Unlike the majority of conventional container ships, the deckhouse is positioned far forward, which allows for an improved line of sight and thus greater deck loading in the fore ship area. Among other things, the bunker tanks are arranged below the superstructure in order to comply with MARPOL regulation 12A, which has been in force since August 2007.

Size comparison with other ships

In addition, the machinery was arranged as far aft as possible, which meant that shorter and thus space-saving drive shafts could be used, which in turn made additional container storage possible. The twin-engine design of the Triple-E class allowed the installation of two larger-diameter slow-spin propellers, which have higher efficiency than a faster-spin single propeller. The two Triple-E propellers have a slightly larger diameter and together more than twice the propeller area of ​​the Emma Mærsk- class ships' single propeller . In addition, the Triple-E class is designed for economical, slower driving ( slow steaming ). Compared to the maximum speed of 25 knots, the fuel savings should be 20 percent at 22.5 knots, 37 percent at 20 knots and 50 percent at 17.5 knots. The ship's engines are designed for an optimum speed of 19 knots. On July 7, 2011, Maersk received the Sustainable Shipping Operator of the Year Award for the Triple-E class, among other things . The exhaust gases from the two main engines generate steam in exhaust gas boilers, which is used to drive a steam turbine to a generator ( exhaust gas utilization on ships ). The electrical energy can be fed back into the drive system. Overall, fuel consumption is said to be reduced by about 20 percent compared to the ships of the Emma Mærsk class (that would be 2.1 liters of heavy fuel oil per 14 tonne container per 100 kilometers at 24 knots speed).

With the exception of the ship's length and draft, the characteristic values ​​of the double -hull ships are in some cases significantly higher than those of the container ships built to date. With a length of almost 400 meters, a width of 59 meters and a height of 73 meters, a hull shape with a relatively large block coefficient was chosen. With a slot capacity of 18,270 TEU, the units of the Triple-E class exceed the previously largest container ships of the CMA-CGM-Christophe Colomb class by 13% or 2220  TEU . In addition, with a capacity of 1800 refrigerated containers (after the ships of the Cap-San class (2100 connections) of the Hamburg-Süd shipping company ), they are the second largest refrigerated container ships worldwide (as of mid-2013).

The ships have 22 holds , each of which is closed with 4 pontoon hatch covers. Below deck, 21 rows of containers can be stowed side by side, on deck there are 23. On deck, a total of 24 40-foot bays are arranged one behind the other, between which there are lashing platforms ( English lashing bridges ) from which the containers are lashed down. They have the unusual height of four containers and also stabilize the load. The hatch covers and lashing points are designed in such a way that 20 or 40 foot containers can be loaded, and 45 foot containers if required. Typically, six to ten containers are stacked on top of each other on deck.

The ships

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller in the container port of Gdansk

The Madrid Mærsk , the first ship of the second generation

The Matz Mærsk 2014 in the container port of Gothenburg

The striking deckhouse, here the Monaco Mærsk 2018

Triple E class

build name	construction number	IMO number	keel laid launch delivery	Renaming and whereabouts
1st gen
Maersk McKinney Moller	4250	9619907	November 27, 2012 February 24, 2013 July 2, 2013	so on the move
Majestic Maersk	4251	9619919	January 21, 2013 March 27, 2013 August 3, 2013	so on the move
Mary Maersk	4252	9619921	January 8, 2013 May 4, 2013 August 30, 2013	so on the move
Marie Maersk	4253	9619933	March 25, 2013 May 18, 2013 October 18, 2013	so on the move
Madison Maersk	4254	9619945	May 20, 2013 July 13, 2013 January 6, 2014	so on the move
Magleby Maersk	4255	9619957	July 22, 2013 October 5, 2013 February 10, 2014	so on the move
Maribo Maersk	4256	9619969	September 10, 2013 November 9, 2013 April 7, 2014	so on the move
Marstal Maersk	4257	9619971	October 8, 2013 December 7, 2013 May 20, 2014	so on the move
Matz Maersk	4258	9619983	November 12, 2013 January 4, 2014 June 11, 2014	so on the move
Mayview Maersk	4259	9619995	January 13, 2014 March 8, 2014 July 15, 2014	so on the move
Merete Maersk	4262	9632064	February 11, 2014 April 20, 2014 August 23, 2014	so on the move
Mogens Maersk	4263	9632090	February 27, 2014 May 31, 2014 September 17, 2014	so on the move
Morten Maersk	4264	9632105	April 22, 2014 June 28, 2014 November 10, 2014	so on the move
Munkebo Maersk	4265	9632117	June 3, 2014 August 15, 2014 December 18, 2014	so on the move
Maren Maersk	4266	9632129	June 30, 2014 September 13, 2014 December 29, 2014	so on the move
Margrethe Maersk	4267	9632131	June 20, 2014 November 22, 2014 April 13, 2015	so on the move
Marchen Maersk	4268	9632143	June 30, 2014 January 16, 2015 May 27, 2015	so on the move
Mette Maersk	4269	9632155	June 27, 2014 January 16, 2015 May 6, 2015	so on the move
Marit Maersk	4270	9632167	June 27, 2014 March 27, 2015 June 5, 2015	so on the move
Mathilde Maersk	4271	9632179	June 27, 2014 April 11, 2015 June 30, 2015	so on the move
2nd generation
Madrid Maersk	4302	9778791	November 20, 2015 December 10, 2016 April 11, 2017	so on the move
Munich Maersk	4303	9778806	November 23, 2015 February 25, 2017 June 15, 2017	so on the move
Moscow Maersk	4304	9778818	November 24, 2015 April 8, 2017 July 14, 2017	so on the move
Milan Maersk	4305	9778820	November 25, 2015 May 13, 2017 September 13, 2017	so on the move
Monaco Maersk	4306	9778832	November 26, 2015 June 17, 2017 October 30, 2017	so on the move
Marseille Maersk	4307	9778844	November 27, 2015 July 18, 2017 January 4, 2018	so on the move
Manchester Maersk	4308	9780445	November 27, 2015 September 18, 2017 January 8, 2018	so on the move
Murcia Maersk	4309	9780457	November 27, 2015 November 4, 2017 February 28, 2018	so on the move
Manila Maersk	4310	9780469	December 1, 2015 December 2, 2017 March 29, 2018	so on the move
Mumbai Maersk	4311	9780471	December 2, 2015 December 2, 2017 May 3, 2018	so on the move
Maastricht Maersk	4312	9780483	December 3, 2015 March 2, 2018 January 7, 2019	so on the move
Data: Equasis, Grosstonnage, ABS Record

See also

• List of the largest ships in the world

web links

Commons : Triple-E Class  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Project page of the Mærsk Line (English)
• Maersk Line Announcement
• Report. In: Nordsee-Zeitung

itemizations

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2. ↑ ABS Record: Madrid Maersk. Retrieved 7 June 2017 . 
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