Mærsk E-class container ship

Eleonora Maersk at Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal on 26 May 2011
Class overview
Builders:	Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd.
Operators:	Maersk Line
In service:	8
Completed:	8
General characteristics
Type:	Container ship
Tonnage:	171,542 GT 55,396 NT 158,200 DWT
Length:	397.7 m (1,305 ft)
Beam:	56.4 m (185 ft)
Draught:	15.5 m (51 ft)
Depth:	30.2 m (99 ft) (deck edge to keel)
Propulsion:	80 MW (109,000 hp) Wärtsilä 14RT-Flex96c plus 30 MW (40,000 hp) from five Caterpillar 8M32
Speed:	25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Capacity:	14,770+ TEU 1000 TEU (reefers)
Crew:	13, with room for 30
Notes:	[1]

The Maersk E class comprises eight 14,770 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ships. Each sister ship bears a name beginning with the letter "E". Until 2012, they were the largest container ship ever constructed, and are among the longest ships currently in use at 399 metres (1,309 ft) long and 56 metres (184 ft) wide. They are owned by the Danish A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The first in the class built was Emma Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark. The E class was followed by the Triple E class, which is even larger and more fuel-efficient.^[2]

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