MEGA BUILDERS - Building the world's largest container ship, Eugen Maersk. (part 5 of 5)

Discovery Channel visits Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark where the last of 8 identical sister ships are being built.

Eugen Maersk (IMO: 9321550, Port of Registry: Randers, Denmark) is, together with her sisters (amongst others) 'Emma Maersk', 'Estelle Maersk', 'Evelyn Maersk' and 'Ebba Maersk', the largest containership ever with a total teu capacity of 11,000 teu (of which 1,000 forty foot reefer containers) according to the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. A total capacity of 13,500 teu is also possible when containers are not fully loaded. This capacity is possible by stacking the containers in 22 rows wide. Maersk calculates the teu capacity with loaded containers. The vessel is 397 meters long, 56 meters wide, has a depth of 30 meters and a deadweigth of 156,907 tons. Amazingly, all this size and capacity requires a crew of only 13. The specially designed Wärtsilä diesel engine delivers 80,000 kW. A waste heat recovery system is installed to optimize the use of the energy produced, so that the engine can deliver up to 90,000 kW. The vessels in this series will also establish new standards for safety and environmental responsibility. Environmentally-safe silicone paint, for example, is used on the hull, below the water line, reducing water resistance, and thereby fuel consumption, by 1,200 tons per year. The ship was delivered by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd in 2008 as the eighth and last ship in Maersk's PS-class.

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[tarkineWild]

Plenty of unanswered questions and need to know facts, but none the less it was a very good documentary on what it takes to build and get a massive container ship up and running

Thank you for uploading all of these I enjoyed it very much

[bergholdt]

I'm happy to answer any questions you might have - if I can :)

I saw the first sistership (Emma Maersk) leave the yard in 2006.

[redsmith000]

@bergholdt emma, ebba estelle elly eugen 7 identical ships, if im not mistaken. but cma cgm christophe colomb, and cma cgm aquila, are quite big aswell.

[bergholdt]

@redsmith000 Ebba, Edith, Eleonora, Elly, Emma, Estelle, Eugen & Evelyn = 8 sister ships @ 14770 TEU :)

[yambo59]

My hat is off to the guys who build these ships on such a herculean scale! the size of everything, especially the engine parts in movement is just awesome. But as past car mechanic, I realize part clearance is no less critical, even on this massive scale. I cant imagine seeing them cast the engine block and head, assuming they are castings at all. Im thinking the crankshaft is surely a forging- If so, how big is THAT forging press-??!!!

[unggrabb]

must be the worlds worst and irritating narrator

[Fendt414Vario]

Max load 15.500 TEU I believe

[andz0]

Thank you

[bennyc333]

Hip hip...

[Squarerig]

What is the capacity of a container?How many tons?

[matamatamata]

OIJIN MAERSK  wtf is Oijin

[larstheu]

"... forgot to tighten a some nuts" - Idiot!

That is MISINFORMATION!

Sorry speaker you cannot fool me, I understand danish, and they said - translated from danish to english - that they had to replace some gaskets because the were leaky, and that will take approx 3 minutes to do.

I can tell you that those worker at Lindø shipyard knows what they are doing.

Am I the only one tired of that speaker?

[5tristanvm]

wot a monster :)

[explorer914]

This is the Maersk E-Class right?

[jef2907]

@bergholdt If you receive this comment. I want to know how they move the built ship into the river/ocean. Did they build seperate part and assemble them in the port?