Ebba Mærsk

Career
Name: Ebba Mærsk
Owner: A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
Operator: Copenhagen,  Denmark
Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard
Yard number: 207
Christened: 21 May 2007
Identification: IMO number: 9321524
General characteristics
Class and type:Mærsk E-class container ship
Tonnage:156,907 DWT
Length:1,302 ft (397 m)
Beam:183 ft (56 m)

The Ebba Maersk is a container ship owned by the Danish shipping company A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The fifth of the Mærsk E-class, she and her seven sister ships are among the largest container ships ever built.[1] She has a total TEU capacity of 11,000 TEU 14-ton containers by Maersk definition; however, with standard ratings she can hold 14,770 containers.[2] This rating goes by physical space rather than weight. Her beam is 183 feet (56 m), her length 1,302 feet (397 m), and she has a deadweight tonnage of 156,907. In May 2010, she was reported with 15,011 TEU[3] in Tangier, Morocco, the highest equivalent number of any vessel.

In popular culture

In the Daniel Suarez novel, Kill Decision, the Ebba Maersk is taken over by thousands of automated combat drones hidden in shipping containers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The 108,640 horsepower boosted Ebba Maersk" (in Danish). 18 August 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Vessels Maersk Line, 1 June 2010. Retrieved: 17 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Holt, Julie. "Ebba Mærsk Beats World Record" Ing.dk, 28 May 2010. Retrieved: 28 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision, Chapter 28 ff. ISBN 978-0525952619. Published by Dutton Adult (July 19, 2012)