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Emma Maersk’s Wärtsilä-Sulzer Super Ship

Engine – Part 2
July 21, 2013 by John Konrad

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Back… Click HERE to read Part 1 of our Mega Engine Series

The Emma Maersk’s Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel ship engine is the
most powerful and most eKcient prime-mover of super ships in the world today.

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The RTA96-C is the largest engine in the world and is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions,
all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships but
similar large diesel engines run large ships of all kinds. Ship owners like the combination of a
single engine and single propeller for reasons of eKciency and cost of production vs operation
of these mega-vessels. As ships continue to get larger with new generations of larger container
ships being built each year shippers like Emma’s owner, A.P. Møller – Mærsk, will need a bigger
engines to propel them.

To help relate to the size of this monstrous engine consider that one cylinder bore alone is just
under 38″ and the stroke is just over 98″. And the alone engine weighs in at 2,300 tons and is
capable of delivering 109,000 horsepower.

The following photos are from Aioi Works of Japan’s Diesel United who built the Trst engines for
Emma and her sister ships.

The largest piston in the world!

More Enormous Piston Rods.

“DU-Sulzer 12RT A96C” translated to “One large MFD”

How it works.

So you’re wondering what this behemoth powers… right? Nothing less impressive than the
Emma Maersk
.

The Emma Maersk , underway at full speed.

Small tugboat pulls the world’s largest ship into port.

Emma Maersk as she looks from the sky.
 A Comparison of the World’s Largest Ships (from the Wall Street Journal)
. We hate to tell the world’s premier business newspaper they forgot one…
but they did. Larger than Emma Maersk is the The Ultra Large Crude
Carrier (now a FPSO) Knock Nevis... formerly known as Seawise Giant,
Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking.

Think that’s impressive…. what if she ever caught Sre??

SHE DID: Emma Maersk Fire

For more horsepower check out our previous ship’s engineer posts:

Maersk Container Ship Engine Room Tour

Victory Ship Engine Room Tour
 Photo Of An Engine
Ship Engine Falls Off Truck – San Diego
CO2 FireSghting and an Engine Room Fire

References:

Ports and Ships Maritime News

Wartsila Press Release

Post links via Fred Fry via Never Sea Land via Maritime News Discoverer

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About John Konrad

Captain John Konrad is the founder and CEO of gCaptain and
author of the book Fire On The Horizon. He is licensed to
captain the world's largest ships and has sailed from ports
around the world. John has built some of the world's most
advanced ships and managed billion-dollar offshore
construction projects in some of the world's harshest marine environments. John is a
distinguished alumnus of New York Maritime College.

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