Largest Container Vessel

The Emma Mærsk launched in 2006 remains the largest purpose built container ship, and the longest overall ship in use today. Mærsk down rates the ship as having a 11,000 TEU capacity as to account for weight requirements (14t/per TEU); however it has been estimated to hold anywhere between 13,000 - 15,000 TEU's.

Emma Mærsk is of Scandinavian origin, having been built at the Odense Steel Ship yard located in Denmark. To gain a grasp of how the immense sized parts are moved around Shipping yards check out my earlier post on Shipyard Transporters.

The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C, the worlds largest diesel engine powers the Emma Emma Mærsk. The unit itself is capable of 109,000 horsepower, it makes use of all it's exhaust emissions gas via a steam generator which in turn powers on board electrical generators.

The vessel commenced its maiden voyage on the 8th of September 2006, starting at Aarhus, Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, through the Suez Canal arriving at Singapore on the 1st of October. Its regular trip commences at Ningbo, then Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras, Rotterdam, Bremerhavem returning to Ningbo.

-Matt

Specifications courtesy of Wikipedia
Emma Mærsk. Wikipedia [online] Wikipedia.org, Available from: SOURCE [Accessed 17 July 2009].

Career (Denmark)
Name:	Emma Maersk
Owner:	A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
Builder:	Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd, Denmark
Homeport:	Taarbæk, Denmark
Identification:	Callsign: OYGR2
General characteristics
Type:	Container ship
Tonnage:	170,974 GT 55,396 NT
Length:	397 metres (1,300 ft) LOA
Beam:	56 metres (180 ft)
Draft:	15.5 metres (51 ft)
Depth:	30 metres (98 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:	over 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Capacity:	156,907 metric tons deadweight (DWT) 11,000+ TEU 1000 TEU (Reefers)
Crew:	13, with room for 30