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- Aug 31, 200690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Emma Maersk Enters Service as the World's Largest Container Ship
- Emma Mærsk, first of Maersk's E-class, was built at Odense Steel Shipyard, launched 18 May 2006 and delivered 31 August / 1 September 2006, named after the late wife of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller[2][3]
- Maiden voyage left Aarhus on 8 September 2006, reaching Singapore on 1 October; she serves Maersk's Europe-Far East route[2][3]
- A June 2006 welding fire in the superstructure delayed completion by six to seven weeks[3]
- She is 397 m long, 56 m beam, 170,794 GT with a crew of 13; capacity is officially about 11,000 TEU (Maersk's 14-tonne method) or 14,770 TEU by the standard definition[2][3]
- Her Wärtsilä 14RT-Flex96c engine (80.08 MW, 2,300 tonnes) is described as the world's largest single diesel unit; waste heat recovery gives about 12% of main engine power[2][3]
- She held the record until sister ship Ebba Mærsk carried 15,011 TEU in May 2010; Maersk ordered 18,000-container Triple E ships in February 2011[3]
- In February 2013 a damaged stern thruster flooded part of the ship in the Suez Canal; after a DKK 250 million repair she returned to service in August 2013[3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw3Opn05ysyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Aug 31, 2006 ✓· 33% of score
Wikipedia's[3] Emma Mærsk article states she entered service on 31 August 2006 after delivery from Odense Steel Shipyard.
- [2]85%World's largest containership enters serviceprofessionalmariner.com· Added Sep 19, 2026· 34% of score
States Emma Maersk was delivered Sept. 1, 2006 at Odense Steel Shipyard as the largest containership, 397 m long.[1]
- [3]85%Emma Mærsken.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Wikipedia article documenting Emma Mærsk's builder, delivery/entry-into-service date, and specifications.
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