Emma Maersk

33 billion air capsules....

It floats because the water displacement is more than the actual weight.
These containers ware build at the Odense Steel Shipyard (OSS) in Munkebo Denmark. They only have 1 main engine of approx 105.000 Hp.

Can someone explain how this things float!

During my last trip on another G-class MLL ship a couple of months ago, one of the MISE trainees from APM told us that if the "streamline" retrenchment does not work then APM will sell off its entire shipping line. We only have 4 years left with this company guys.

who knew they could build a ship 20 stories tall?

Maersk Line S**kS man only buy up LINES to grow BIG at LEAST MSC has the integrity to grow from within and their capability. MAERSK bought over P&O Nedlloyd and could not sustain. retrench P&O Nedlloyd staffs and now early this year 2008 April another RETRENCHMENT "STREAMLINE" (MSK sure has a theme or catch phrase for excercise they do) where more P&O staffs leave. THE FUTURE, Western Ops Center will close down soon and more staffs axed and move to Eastern Ops Center (now on 24hr shift work). HA

It does go through the Suez. I know this for sure because I followed it through there the day after I shot this video. Not to mention that its route is publicly published on the APM website.

The Suez Canal's limiting factor is usually the depth of the water. Length and beam are not yet an issue and the draft of a container ship (even this one) is not deep enough to worry about.

Also, currently, no U.S. port (e and w coast) could take a ship this size, mainly due to crane restrictions.

obviously, it's larger than yours..

wtf!~!!!!!! mankind has surpassed itself! omg its huge!

as it says if you look under the hull! made in china

WHERE CAN I BUY ONE! nah nah.. i great marvel of engineering, i respect this stunning mass of steel and aquadynamics

u must be kidding with MSC? MSC is the worst carrier ever. they are cheap but zero service. customers are always complaining about long transit time

To give you some scale of size. Each container you see is 40' long and 9'6" high. Built in the Lind Shipyard in Denmark. Emma is 397m long, gross tonnage is 170,974 mt, hold 11,000 TEUs, and has a max speed of 25.6 kn.

Let me give you some information on Emma Maersk & her 7 sisters.
1. These ships run from Asia to Europe only & do not come anywhere near the U.S. So it does not carry anything for Walmart nor does it go back to China empty!!!
2. Their maximum speed is 25.5 knots and nowhere near the 31 knots.
3. Besides a crew of 13, they always have 15 cadets making the total compliment 28.
4. The specs of the ship are as follows
GRT 170974 tons
DWT 156907 tons
LOA 1303 ft
Bea 184 ft
Max Draft 51 ft

Transports lots of toxic S**t made in China.