Emma Mærsk

Worlds Largest Container Carrier

 General introduction
• The ship is named after Emma Mærsk, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller's late
wife. M/S EMMA MÆRSK is a very large container ship, and has been
built applying the newest technology in design and equipment. 
• The ship can therefore be operated by a crew of 13 persons only.
Accommodation is arranged for 30 persons. 
 General introduction (2)
• The life-saving equipment consists of two 38 persons’
lifeboats, six life rafts and one man-over-board boat (“MOB”).
• The latest radio, telex, telefax, and satellite telephone systems
ensure efficient communication to the world.
• An air conditioning system gives comfortable indoor
temperatures regardless of outside weather.
• Combined with a low level of noise and vibrations this ensures
ideal conditions for both work and leisure.
• M/S EMMA MÆRSK is designed and built to meet the
highest demands for safe, precise, environmentally friendly
and economic transportation of goods all over the world. 
 Emma Maersk engine data
The Emma Mærsk is powered by a Wärtsilä-Sulzer
14RTFLEX96-C engine (14 cylinders), currently the
world's largest single diesel unit, weighing 2,300 tons and
capable of 110,000 horsepower at 102 RPM (82 MW).
Engine length is 89 ft, and height is 44 ft. The cylinder
bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each
cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and
produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out
to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen
cylinder version. 
Emma Maersk and the environment,
 waste heat recovery system setup
 Emma Maersk and the environment,
an ordinary engine and the waste heat recycling (WHR)
engine
The engine compartment
 The smoke stack
  The Hull
Traditionally ships are painted with a poisonous paint meant to keep of growth, which
produces drag thus increases fuel consumption. This paint must be refreshed ever so
often, constantly introducing more poison to the sea. This traditional paint is knows as
biocides. 
Instead of biocides on Emma, a special silicon-based paint is used. This increases the
ship's efficiency by reducing drag while also protecting the ocean from biocides that
may leak. The silicon paint covering the part of the hull below the waterline is credited
for lowering the water drag enough to economize 1200 tones of fuel per year.
 Propeller data
The shaft system extents from the main engine
via two 9MW electric motors, and to the
propeller. The total length of the shaft system is
120 meters, and it weighs in at a staggering 605
tons! 
The Emma Maersk propeller is an MMG six
bladed, one-piece, fixed pitch propeller, which
weighs in at 131 tons. The diameter is 9.6 meters.
 Yard fire
• In June 2006, during construction, welding works caused a
devastating fire in the accommodation quarters in the early days
of June.
• A welding job on the main deck, close to the end of working
hours, led to a fire that totally destroyed the almost finished
accommodation quarters and all the equipment in the wheelhouse.
• Shipyard Baltija at Klaipeda – where the accommodation quarters
were built and equipped – had to speed up the process and then
Emma Maersk was shipped to Odense.
• Two Dutch floating cranes shifted the quarters in mid July. The
old, burnt out quarters were sold to the nearby recycling company
H. J. Hansen for demolition. 
 The PS-class
IMO no: Lindø no: Name: Named: Homeport:
M/S Emma
9321483 L203 August 12, 2006 Taarbæk, DK
Mærsk
M/S Estelle
9321495 L204 October 2, 2006 Hellerup, DK
Mærsk
M/S Eleonora November 25,
9321500 L205 Svendborg, DK
Mærsk 2006
M/S Evelyn
9321512 L206 Marts 3, 2007 Copenhagen, DK
Mærsk
9321524 L207 M/S Ebba Mærsk May 21, 2007 Copenhagen, DK

9321536 L208 M/S Elly Mærsk August 25, 2007 Svendborg, DK

9321548 L209 M/S Edith Mærsk November 3, 2007 Roskilde, DK

9321550 L210 M/S Eugen Maersk December 15, 2007 Randers, DK

 The PS-class specifications
Builders: Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Lindø), Denmark.
Port of registry: (Emma) Taarbæk, Denmark.
Propulsion:

14-cylinder Wärtsilä-Sulzer 14RTFLEX96-C, developing 110,000 BHP or 80,000 kW at 102 revolutions

per minute. To augment speed the propeller drive shaft is fitted with two electric motors. 
Two bow and two stern thrusters, each with of 25 tons transverse thrust, are fitted to facilitate easy
maneuvering in port. 
Rolling in adverse weather conditions is reduced by two pairs of active stabilizer fins, thus adding an
extra dimension to cargo protection.

Propeller:
1 x 6-bladed, fixed pitch, propeller. Made in one piece. Weight: 131 tons. Diameter: 9.6 meters.
Power plant:
5 Caterpillar 8M32 diesel generators with a combined power of 20,700 kW, 
and 1 combined gas/steam turbine generator of 8,500 kW (driven by the main engine exhaust) are
installed.
Length overall: 1302' 6" (397 meters)
Beam: 183' 8" (56 meters)
Draft: 50' 10" (15.5 meters)
Tonnage: Gross = 170,974 bt, Net = 55,396 nt, Deadweight (DWT) = 156,907 DWT
Speed: Official: 25.5+ knots (29.4+ miles per hour, 47.2+ kph)
Capacity: (Note 1)
Official:M/S Emma Mærsk can carry11,000 TEU, including 1,000 forty foot reefer containers. Quick and
safe lashing of the containers on deck is made possible through the yard patented lashing bridge.

Crew: The ship has accommodation for 30 people, though the normal crew is only 13.