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Users can submit photographs of the vessels which other users can rate. The basic MarineTraffic service can be used without cost; more advanced functions such as satellite-based tracking are available subject to payment. [3] The site has six million unique visitors on a monthly basis. In April 2015, the service had 600,000 registered users. [4] [5]
The onboard loading computer MACS3 is being used in a wide range of container vessels, multipurpose vessels, bulk carriers, tanker vessels, roro vessels and passenger vessels. Its ship library includes more than 7,500 ship profiles. For the container vessel segment, MACS3 holds a share of approximately 65%.
Class Ship Capacity () Entered service Displacement Length (metres) Note Triple E class (first generation) Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller: 18,270 TEU: 2013
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller (Danish: [ˈmɛɐ̯sk məˈkʰini ˈmølɐ]) is the first ship of Maersk Line's Triple E class of container vessels.At the time of its entry into service in 2013, it had the largest cargo capacity in twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of any vessel, and was the longest container ship in service worldwide.
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]
In 2015, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched the 2M Alliance, a vessel-sharing agreement on the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. . The arrangement, which includes a series of slot exchanges and slot purchases on east–west routes, also involves Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels chartered to HMM.
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In fact, a number of ships were lost to U-boats while sailing in convoys protected by MACs, including six merchantmen and three escorts from the combined convoys ONS 18/ON 202, despite the presence of MAC Ship Empire MacAlpine, and two merchantmen and an escort from SC 143 protected by Rapana. [8]