Chasing teu: "emma maersk" and her sisters. The largest ships in the world: Emma Maersk container ship "Emma Maersk" construction, innovations and achievements

The first container ship in history completes its Arctic voyage from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg with a cargo of frozen fish. The world leader in shipping, Denmark's Maersk, is rushing to stake a claim on the Northern Sea Route, where there is increasingly less ice and more and more Chinese competitors.

The route along the Arctic Ocean along the coast of Russia is a couple of weeks shorter than the traditional one and a half month southern route along the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and around Europe to the Baltic.

And even though more than 17 thousand ships passed through Suez last year, and only a couple dozen in transit along the Northern Sea Route, Russia and China hope that in the future it will become commercially attractive thanks to warming, a boom in trade and the development of the icebreaker fleet.

Sea carriers decided to prepare for this in advance. Last year, the Chinese state-owned shipping company Cosco and the private Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) sent ships with general cargo along the ice route. Maersk noticed the revival on the new route and decided not to remain on the sidelines.

The Danish company dominates the sea in terms of container shipping. The container is the main unit of global trade in goods; they carry everything from cars to socks. But until now, container ships have not sailed the northern route from the Chukchi Sea to the Kara Sea through the East Siberian and Laptev Seas.

Only now Maersk decided it was time to study the route.

“The trial voyage will allow us to get an idea of ​​whether the Northern Sea Route is suitable for container shipping,” the Danish carrier said, but even before analyzing the information collected in the ice, it warned: “At present we do not consider the Northern Sea Route as a commercial alternative to the current route network , which is built taking into account demand, trade flows and coastal populations.”

From a Chinese shipyard into the ice

The company entrusted the pioneering mission to the newly launched container ship Venta Maersk.

The ice-class vessel is 200 m long and 36 m wide and is capable of carrying 3,600 containers. This is the fourth of seven identical container ships built for Maersk at the Zhoushan shipyards in China.

All of them are designed to operate on Seago Line routes in the Baltic, where the climate requires ice-class vessels. Container ships left China for Europe the usual way, through the Suez Canal, but they decided to send one, the Venta Maersk, on an experimental route through the Arctic.

At the end of August, he left Vladivostok with a cargo of frozen fish, stopped in South Korean Busan for electronics and went to St. Petersburg with one stop on the Baltic - in Bremerhaven, Germany. Less than a month later he was already plowing the waters of the North Sea off the coast of Germany.

Will the next one follow him? Hardly right away, says Professor Frederic Lasserre of Laval University in Quebec, Canada: the Danes have only staked out a place on the new route with an eye to the distant future.

“If Cosco decides to develop this market, albeit microscopic, Maersk is unlikely to accept a Chinese monopoly,” Lasser told the newspaper of the Center for the Study of the High North at the Norwegian University Nord. “It seems to me that Maersk is just looking closely to be able to enter the route if competitors - Cosco, MOL - suddenly decide to develop it.”

And this will depend on the weather and politics.

Another 20 years

If global trade continues to develop, shipping companies will look for new opportunities, and here the speed of cargo delivery may turn out to be a competitive advantage in a market where it has long been impossible to compete on price - it is now possible to transport a container with goods worth tens of thousands of dollars across the Atlantic for fifty dollars.

Shipping now accounts for 90% of world trade. The merchant fleet has more than 50 thousand ships and over a million sailors. And the main route from China to Europe lies through the Suez Canal. It takes up to a month and a half, and the opportunity to knock off two weeks looks attractive.

Therefore, in January, China included the Northern Sea Route in its plans for Western trade expansion, dubbed the “New Silk Road.”

Moreover, the ice is melting and the Russian icebreaker fleet is growing. Currently, the Northern Sea Route is suitable for commercial transit traffic only three months a year, and it has other significant disadvantages.

Ice-class vessels have a smaller capacity: Venta Maersk can accommodate only 3,600 containers, while the second generation of superships of the EEE series like Munich Maersk and Mumbai Maersk can take on board five times more.

If ice melt continues and other factors—traffic volumes, icebreaker availability, fuel costs—work out favorably, this route will become a viable alternative to the southern route in about 20 years, Copenhagen Business School estimated in a large study of the future of regular Arctic shipping.

True, after the publication of this work, a new factor appeared, and it is characterized by a high degree of unpredictability. American President Donald Trump has decided to go to war with China. If it undermines global trade, sea carriers will have no time to develop Arctic routes.

Do you know Emma Maersk, the largest container ship today, and an orchid were named after the late wife of Maersk’s chairman, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller?

You will find the answer later on in this article, together with information about:

• the ship's particulars;
• ships sister;
• other vessels once having that name;
• interesting facts about the mega ship.

Have you ever wished to name something big after the name of your beloved ones?

I believe the daughter of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Maersk’s chairman did, and she completed her wish.

She christened the biggest container ship on 12 August 2006 after her later mother, Emma Maersk.

Godmother Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla flanked by (from left) Captain Henry Solms,
senior shipowner Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller and CEO. Finn Buus Nielsen.
Source: http://www.skipsrevyen.no/batomtaler/batomtaler-5-2006/356.html

The extreme things like the longest river, the tallest skyscraper... usually impress people (including me). Emma Mærsk amazes us as the world’s largest container ship ever built, and the currently in use. (Actually, the biggest ship ever built, – a supertanker, was scrapped in 2010).

The Danish conglomerate A.P.Moller-Maersk Group built Emma Maersk in 2006 at Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark. After her delivery, Maersk Lines has deployed the ship en route from Europe – Far East via Suez Canal.

Europe-Far East route

Ship particulars

Emma Maersk at Singapore
Source: www.singaporepsa.com

GENERAL
Name
Shipowner	A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
Ship operator	Maersk Lines
Nationality	Denmark
Shipyard	Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd, Denmark
Home port	Taarbæk, Denmark
Call size	OYGR2
IMO number	9321483
DIMENSIONS
Length of overall	397m
Beam	56m
Draft	15.5m
Depth	30m
GT	170,974
NT	55,396
DWT	156,907
Capacity (nominal)	14,770TEUs
Refer Plug	1,000
MAIN ENGINE
Maker	Wärtsilä
Type	Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
Power	109,000 HP
Speed	25.5 knots

Maiden voyage

The Danish vessel set sail on her historic maiden voyage on 8 September 2006 under the command of Maersk Senior Master, Captain Henrik Solmer and Chief Engineer Michael Thomassen.

She departed Aarhus, calling at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, the Suez Canal, and arrived in Singapore on 1 October 2006.

The vessel departed Singapore in the following day, headed for Yantian in Shenzhen. She sailed on to Kobe, Nagoya, arrived at Yokohama on 10 October 2006, and returned via Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, the Suez Canal, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg and finally to Aarhus, with arrival at that port 11 November 2006.

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I saw Emma Maersk in the night while transiting from Malacca strait. It looked like whole island passing by. It was great to look at the world's largest …

Today, ninety-five percent of all cargo is carried by sea. Container ships are relatively young types of ships. With an average age of 10 years, " Emma Maersk"is considered the youngest among the rest container ships of such a type.

Emma Maersk - a true modern miracle. It is the longest container ship currently in service and is powered by the largest diesel engine ever produced.

Emma Maersk is the first E-class container ship out of 8 owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. When launched in 2006, Emma Maersk was the largest container ship ever built. In 2010, the ship and 7 other ships in the series became the longest container ships ever built in the world and the longest ships in use at that time, after the world's largest ship, the Seawise Giant, was permanently docked in 2004 , was scrapped in 2010.

Officially, Emma Maersk can carry up to 11,000 TEU or 14,770 TEU depending on the load capacity determination method. Maersk initially reported the vessel's cargo capacity at 11,000 TEU, according to the company's own method of calculating cargo capacity at the time, which was 1,400 more containers than any other vessel when the vessel was put into service. However, the company also admits that using the standard method of calculating capacity, Emma Maersk can take on board up to 14,770 TEU.

In normal calculations, Emma Maersk has a significantly higher carrying capacity than these figures, from 13,500 to 15,200 TEU. The difference arises because Maersk's official figures are based on the weight of containers, while other companies estimate a ship's capacity based on the maximum number of containers that can be carried on board, regardless of their weight. This number is always higher than Maersk's estimates.

According to AP Moller, the company that owns Maersk Lines, a typical 20-foot container can hold an average of 48,000 bananas. Therefore, in theory, Emma Maersk could carry about 528 million bananas - enough to give every person in Europe or North America a banana for breakfast.

Container ship « Emma Maersk"became the first ship of a new series of large-capacity vessels with a highly automated control system. It is equipped with modern computer systems to ensure efficient functioning. General interior cargo ship made from the highest quality materials. The appearance of the ship is a design characteristic of container ships which are being built at the shipyard " Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd».

Container ship « Emma Maersk"was named" Vessel of the Year"at the presentation in 2007 in London, organized by the popular magazine in Europe " Lloyd's List" The creators, during the construction of this transport vessel, set new standards in environmental protection and safety, as well as efficiency, which is so important when transporting various cargoes. These include an exhaust gas recirculation system, which made it possible to reduce the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere and, as a result, the power of the power plant increased and fuel consumption decreased. Another innovation was the housing vessel treated with a special silicone coating, which led to an unexpected result - by reducing water resistance, fuel costs decreased by 1200 tons per year.

A cargo ship can take 13,500 containers, instead of the planned 11,000. This is possible thanks to its excellent seaworthiness and 22 sections on board. Container ship always a welcome guest in the ports of Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Gottenburg, Argus, Ningbo, Xiamen and Tanjung Pelepas.

After completion of construction, the ship set off on its first voyage.

The ship was solemnly presented at a ceremony on August 12, 2006. Emma Maersk got its name from Emma, ​​the wife of Maersk McKinney Moller. The ship set off on its maiden voyage on September 8, 2006 at 2:00 a.m. from Aarhus with calls at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algericas, and the Suez Canal and arrived in Singapore on October 1, 2006 at 8:05 p.m.

The ship appeared in the news before Christmas 2006, called the SS Santa, as the ship was heading from China to the UK with a cargo of gifts for the holiday. On its return voyage after Christmas 2006, the ship returned to southern China with a cargo of waste from the UK destined for recycling.

Environmental safety is achieved on the ship thanks to a heat capture system, which helps save up to 10% of energy. But more importantly, because the ship is three times the size of any container ship that has sailed through the Panama Canal, the number of small ships it could displace would produce far more emissions than a single large ship.

Despite this, the Emma Maersk and others like it have been criticized for burning bunker fuel, which has a high sulfur content. The sulfur content in ship fuel is 2.5-4.5%, which is 2000 times higher than what is allowed in automobile fuel.

By the way, despite its gigantic size, the ship’s crew is only 13 people.

» is possible with twenty giant cranes at the same time. On average container ship thousand can be installed twenty foot containers, the capacity of a cargo ship " Emma Maersk» is 13,500 TEU (twenty foot equivalent). This is almost 4,000 containers more than the previous leader, Xin Shanghai. Average cost of a vessel with a capacity of 4000 TEU is 61 million dollars, 8000 TEU - 116 million dollars.

Container ship « Emma Maersk"Impressive. This the largest container ship in the world. Every immersed sea ​​container the size of a trailer. There are fewer containers on the deck of a cargo ship; most of them are located in the hold. If you download everything sea ​​containers from deck container ship, then it could fit two space shuttles. Proper loading is an art for everything from toys to cars.

There are basic rules for handling cargo: to ship remained stable the heaviest sea ​​containers placed down; dangerous goods and flammable mixtures are on deck, since no one wants an explosion in the hold. If more than seven rows of sea containers are placed in front of the navigation bridge, then the captain container ship, will not see anything. Too many or few containers in the center will affect the draft of the cargo ship. All these rules apply before the start of sailing. Rough seas, changeable currents and winds, all these factors make shipping containers a dangerous business with the possibility of colossal losses. You always need to adhere to a busy schedule and certain rules.

Container ship « Emma Maersk» the vessel is quite wide and when approaching the port, launching and stowing a multi-ton cargo ship becomes not an easy task. Imagine having to manage container ship, the length of which is four football fields.

But when Emma Maersk"moored, the squadron of equipment begins its work - unloading the necessary sea ​​containers. They have several hours at their disposal. And in the Rotterdam container terminal, containers are unloaded using high-tech machines. In order for the ship to continue its journey, the “metal servants” must unload the cargo with lightning speed. Each cargo crane can lift up to 40 tons. A class "class" transport awaits below. AGV» for a sea container. This is an automatically controlled vehicle without a driver. Control occurs from a screened mesh road. Some sea ​​containers heading to their final destination. Other containers are scanned for contraband, which is 25 times faster than a regular scanner.

Soon the deck Emma Maersk" will be filled with all kinds of goods and the sea voyage will continue. After some time, the goods transported the biggestby ship, will end up in stores on three continents.

In June 2006, during the final phase of construction, a fire started in the superstructure. The fire broke out on the multi-million dollar bridge during welding work. Flames engulfed the ship from the bridge, the living quarters caught fire, and the fire could be seen for many miles.

The loss of a vessel of this size can be compared to a fire in a large residential area. Having avoided almost complete destruction, which was made possible thanks to the prompt intervention of firefighters, Emma Maersk was completely restored in record time. The delivery of the vessel was delayed by 6-7 weeks.

Technical data of the container ship« Emma Maersk»:
Length - 396.8 m;
Width - 56 m;
Draft - 13.7 m;
Displacement - 170800 tons;
Deadweight - 156907 tons;

Marine propulsion system- 14 cylinder diesel engine type " Wartsila RT-Flex»;
Power - 110,000 hp;
Speed ​​- 25.6 knots;

To see how such ships are built, you can purchase tours to China and in the shipyards of this country you will see more than a dozen of these huge ships. It would seem that! From toasters and hair dryers - to modern technology!

By the way, the chairman of the Kazakhstan Association of Oil, Gas and Energy Complex Organizations "KAZENERGY" - Kulibayev, spoke very well about these vessels.

The most powerful, largest in size and most expensive diesel engine Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C is designed for large ships, in particular for the container ship Emma Maersk.

The Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C is the largest internal combustion engine ever built by man. It is a 14-cylinder, 2-stroke, turbocharged diesel engine that was specially developed for the container ship Emma Maersk, owned by the Danish company Maersk.

In September 2006, manufacturing and testing of the engine was successfully completed and it was installed on the container ship Emma Maersk. By 2009, only 9 ships of a similar series with similar engines were manufactured.

Some of the exhaust gases are returned to the engine, which helps save fuel and reduce emissions, and some is passed through a steam generator, which then powers the Dresser-Rand steam turbine and electrical generators that produce electricity. This produces 8.5 MW of electricity, equivalent to 12% of the main engine's power. Some of this steam is also used directly to heat the ship. 5 diesel generators can produce up to 20.8 MW, for a total of 29 MW. Two 9MW electric motors also power the main propeller shaft.

Two bow and stern thrusters provide maneuverability, and two pairs of stabilizers reduce pitching.

Instead of biocides, which are used in the industry, a special silicone-based paint is used to prevent body fouling. This improves the vessel's efficiency by reducing drag and also protects the ocean from possible biocide leakage. The silicone paint covering the underwater part of the hull is characterized by the ability to reduce water resistance, which allows saving up to 1,200 tons of fuel per year. The vessel is also equipped with a bulb bow, a standard feature on all cargo ships.

The turning diameter of the vessel at a speed of 24 knots is 1.5 km. The engine is centrally located to take full advantage of hull rigidity and maximize payload capacity. With a roll of 20 degrees, the bridge deviates by 35 m.

Characteristics of the 14-cylinder engine:
- Weight: 2300 tons
- Length: 27 meters
- Height: 13.5 meters
- Engine capacity: 25,480 liters
- Maximum power: 108,920 hp. at 102 rpm.
- Fuel consumption: 6.142 liters per hour (according to some sources, for some reason, 13,000 liters)

Fuel efficiency: more than 50% of fuel energy is converted into mechanical energy
In comparison, most cars have a fuel efficiency of 25-30%.

Some comparisons to understand engine power

The world's most powerful engine can provide electricity to a small city.
At 102 rpm, it produces 80 million watts of electricity. If the average household light bulb consumes 60 watts of power, 80 million watts of power is enough for 1.3 million lamps. If the average home had 6 light bulbs on at the same time, the motor would produce enough electricity to light 220,000 homes. This is enough to provide electricity to a city of 500,000 people.

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96 engine consumes 13,000 liters of fuel per hour. If a barrel of oil is equal to 158.76 liters, the largest engine in the world consumes 81.1 barrels of oil per hour. If the oil price is $84/barrel on world oil markets, then the fuel cost of 1 hour of engine operation will be $6800 per hour.

The big disadvantage of large ships like the Emma Maersk is the large amount of residual oil they consume. The heavy fuels on which the engine runs contain a high percentage of sulfur and, when burned, form sulfur dioxide, which pollutes the environment.

Here are the comparative proportions of ships of this class:


sources
http://www.112-odense.dk
http://www.robse.dk
http://mostinfo.su
http://www.maritime-zone.com
http://korabley.net