''Madrid Maersk'' was the largest
container ship
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at the time of launch,
but was surpassed shortly after the launch of
OOCL Hong Kong, and she was the second
container ship
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to surpass the 20,000-
TEU threshold, after the
MOL Triumph. She was built at the
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (), formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME; ), is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai and Samsung.
History
On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk ...
shipyard and was delivered in April 2017. Her first port on her maiden voyage was
Port of Tianjin
The Port of Tianjin (''Tianjin Gang'', zh, s=天津港, p=tiānjīn gǎng}), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin Xingang" ( zh, s=天津新港, ...
,
China
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.
''Madrid Maersk'' has a capacity of 20,568 TEUs and is the first of eleven second-generation
Maersk Triple E-class container ship
The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line.
With a length of , when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, but ...
s.
Maersk Line
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size ...
, the company owner, is taking delivery of the remaining ten plus 17 additional smaller vessels to replace older ships through the end of 2018.
See also
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Mærsk E-class container ship
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Maersk Triple E-class container ship
The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line.
With a length of , when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, but ...
References
Merchant ships of Denmark
Container ships
Ships of the Maersk Line
2017 ships
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