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Ship Capacity Entered service Displacement Length (metres) Note Handysize tanker Helene Maersk: 25,722 GT: 2010: 39,312 tonnes: 180 metres [1] Henning Maersk: 25,710 GT: 2010: 47,330 tonnes: 180 metres [2]
As of February 2010, Maersk had an order book for new ships totaling 857000TEU (including options on the Triple E class); that backlog is larger than the existing fleet of the fourth-largest line, Evergreen Line. [27] Maersk Line cooperated with the United States Navy on testing 7–100% algae biofuel on the Maersk Kalmar in December 2011. [28 ...
27 August 2024: Maersk christened the Alette Maersk, a 350-meter-long cargo ship with a capacity of over 16,000 TEU, at the Port of Los Angeles. Built in South Korea, this vessel is the first dual-fuel methanol-enabled container ship to arrive in the U.S. Olympic gold-medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim was named the ‘godmother’ of the Alette ...
Maersk set a goal in December 2018 to be carbon neutral by 2050. [26] In 2017, the company's ships emitted 35.5 million tonnes of CO2e, and it hopes to eliminate that by using biofuels to power its fleet. [27] In 2022, Maersk ordered 12 dual-fuel container ships from Hyundai by 2025, capable of sailing on both fossil bunker fuel and methanol. [28]
The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the United States Navy on April 12. [2]
The next day, the Maersk Hangzhou was approached by four Houthi skiffs armed with mounted weapons. At approximately 6:30 A.M. local time (03:30 GMT), the Houthi squadron sailed within 20 meters (66 ft) of the Maersk Hangzhou, fired upon the Maersk Hangzhou using both crew-served weapons and small arms, and attempted to board the ship and seize ...
Maersk Sentosa US: 9 July Missiles An explosion took place near a vessel 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) east of Nishtun, resulting in no injuries. Maersk later confirmed that one of its ships came under attack by a "flying object" in the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis later claimed attacks on the vessel with ballistic and winged missiles.
In February 2011 Maersk announced orders for a new "Triple E" family of container ships with a capacity of 18,000 TEU, with an emphasis on lower fuel consumption. [4] They were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea; the initial order, for ten ships, was valued at US$1.9 billion (2 trillion Korean Won); [5] Maersk had options to buy a further twenty ships. [6]