Topic: Maersk leaves largest ship building (Read 3612 times)

michael_taal · « **on:** February 21, 2011, 18:39:52 »

COPENHAGEN - Container ships with a capacity of 18,000 containers were previously dreams.

The Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk (Mearsk) shows ten of these giant ships built, with an option for another twenty.

That Maersk reported Monday.

The new giants are now 16 percent larger than the largest ship, the Emma Maersk, which at one time can carry over 15,000 containers.

Emissions

The vessels are built by the South Korean shipbuilder DSME and between 2013 and 2015 they would be ready. The contract value of orders, including the option on the twenty ships amounts to 5.7 billion U.S. dollars (4.17 billion euros).

According to Maersk, the CO2 emissions per transported the giant container vessel less than half the emissions that are customary on the route between Europe and Asia.

oceandream · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:46:01 »

all i can say is .......Woow

The Ferry King · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:00:37 »

woow thats amazing that is some giant building!

Ballast · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2011, 13:32:33 »

I wonder how they coped the bending moments and sheer forces on a vessel of that size

VirtualSkipper · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2011, 13:38:20 »

Maybe those new planned ships for Maersk will surpass the lenght of the Knock Nevis.

J3nsen · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2011, 16:31:53 »

http://www.worldslargestship.com/

Tomaten · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2011, 18:21:32 »

Quote from: Ballast on February 22, 2011, 13:32:33

I wonder how they coped the bending moments and sheer forces on a vessel of that size

yeah...
We will know when they break into 2 parts.. or more

danny · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2011, 20:57:55 »

Holy cheesecake... thats HUGE!
So this class is bigger than the knok nevis then?

Traddles · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2011, 23:47:52 »

I would feel extremely uneasy sailing on one of those awful things. As Menno says the bending moments in any kind of heavy seas will be huge. I just hope they make the hull out of very strong steel. I would hate to hear of another incident like the infamous "Derbyshire" sinking.

Angus.

oceandream · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2011, 23:49:05 »

derby shire was a human error

but in the modern time accidents like derby shire will not happen easily anymore

Traddles · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:47:26 »

The "Derbyshire" sinking was due to building a ship too large without fully understaning the shearing forces on such a hull in heavy seas. If you care to believe that was human error, just blame the builders, and not the crew. I happen to have known some of those lost in that disaster.
I would not be so certain that such huge ships will not be likely to end up the same way. Pushing things to the limit ALWAYS has risks.

marcstrat · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:53:10 »

Hoy,
Was it not that Maersk has already the largest containervessel "Emma Maersk"class ships??
So its not realy big news, however its goog news.Only i wished that Maersk was a bit more "social"to the sim, so that we could build and use one of their vessels in the game?
Regards
Marc

The Ferry King · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2011, 15:04:47 »

Quote from: marcstrat on February 23, 2011, 12:53:10

Hoy,
Was it not that Maersk has already the largest containervessel "Emma Maersk"class ships??
So its not realy big news, however its goog news.Only i wished that Maersk was a bit more "social"to the sim, so that we could build and use one of their vessels in the game?
Regards
Marc

i like that idea!

it seems we are going to get 2 cruise ships (ocean liner)
2 fishing vessels
lots of ferries!
So why not another cargo container vessel?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2011, 15:33:43 »

Maybe someone could design... a sinmilar vessel...

The Ferry King · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2011, 15:34:45 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on February 23, 2011, 15:33:43

Maybe someone could design... a sinmilar vessel...

who can design that ?

or one of these:
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/441575
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/maya-cargo-ship-chios-class/435729
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-fish-trawler/349200

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2011, 15:38:29 »

Quote from: The Ferry King on February 23, 2011, 15:34:45

who can design that ?

or one of these:
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/441575
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/maya-cargo-ship-chios-class/435729
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-fish-trawler/349200

Well... who knows...

How long is E-Class/Triple E Class?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2011, 15:40:27 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on February 23, 2011, 15:38:29

Well... who knows...

How long is E-Class/Triple E Class?

397-... something

triple E is 400 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Triple_E_class

michael_taal · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2012, 19:56:45 »

on 12th of may 2012 the first steel has cut for the first triple-E ship currently called H4250 in Korea

danny · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2012, 20:08:41 »

It will be interesting to see how "profitable" these huge vessels are, apart from very!
I don't want to raise up a dead goat, so to speak, but didn't the Derbyshire Implode when No1 hold was flooded as a result of wave ripping a "mushroom" off the deck, which flooded the carpenters store?

clanky · « **Reply #19 on:** May 24, 2012, 09:09:56 »

Quote from: Traddles on February 23, 2011, 12:47:26

Pushing things to the limit ALWAYS has risks.

It's also how progress is made, Angus.

Yes there are risks involved in building huge ships and yes the Derbyshire, while it was not as simple a case of not understanding the bending moments as some would have had us believe before the wreck was found, was certainly at least in part due to pushing the boundaries in bulk carrier design.

The E class were not without their problems initially as propulsion designs were pushed past their existing limits, but through the lessons learnt from the massive RTA Flex engines, marine engine design has progressed massively.

We do now understand bending moments quite well and although there has only ever been one unsinkable ship built these ships will have been designed to withstand whatever the sea can throw at them. As fuel prices rise and the pressure on cargo rates continues we can expect to see more and more owners going for bigger and bigger ships.

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