Maersk Edinburgh-class container ship

The Maersk Edinburgh class is a series of post-Panamax container ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. They were first built for Rickmers Group, where they are also known as the Pearl class.[1] They are about 10% smaller in TEU count or displacement than the Mærsk E class.

Maersk Edinburgh class
Container ship Maersk Elba at Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal in 2011
Class overview
Builders: Hyundai Heavy Industries,
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries
Operators: Maersk Line,
Mediterranean Shipping Company,
CMA CGM
In service: 2010–present
Planned: 13
Completed: 13
Active: 13
General characteristics
Type: Container ship
Tonnage:
  • 140,580 DWT (max)
  • 59,800 NT
Length: 366 m (1,200 ft 9 in)
Beam: 48.2 m (158 ft 2 in)
Draft: 14.50–15.50 m (47 ft 7 in–50 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 24.3 knots (45.0 km/h; 28.0 mph)
Capacity:

History

The series was ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2007 to 2008 and delivered starting July 2010. The client of the series is the Hamburg-based Rickmers Group, and were chartered to Maersk. The Explorer class and Daniela class are also based on the same design, but both broader.[2]

The Maersk Edinburgh class, along with the Explorer class were designed for a slow steaming container service from Europe to East Asia. The beginning of the service with the abbreviations FAL 5 and AE8 was already planned for the summer of 2009, but was not realised due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008. It will run through the ports of Le Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Singapore, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, and back to Le Havre. As of 2010, the ships of the Maersk Edinburgh class were introduced to the FAL5 / AE8 Far East Europe service.[1]

Records

The Maersk Elba visited Gdansk on May 11, 2011, becoming the largest container vessel ever handled by a Baltic Sea port, and then visited Port of Haifa in 2017 to set a record for the largest ship to dock in Israel.[3][4]

Ships
Ship Previous namesYard numberIMO numberIn service dateOperator Ref
Ships built for Rickmers
Maersk Edinburgh Pearl Rickmers (2010)215094567575 Jul 2010Maersk Line [5]
Maersk Emden Ruby Rickmers (2010)215194567699 Jul 2010Maersk Line [6]
Maersk Eindhoven Aqua Rickmers (2010)2152945677116 Aug 2010Maersk Line [7]
Maersk Essen Coconee Rickmers (2010)2153945678331 Aug 2010Maersk Line [8]
Maersk Edmonton Leo Rickmers (2011)2170945803018 Feb 2011Maersk Line [9]
Maersk Elba Scorpio Rickmers*2171945807810 Mar 2011Maersk Line [10]
Maersk Evora Tauro Rickmers*217294580801 Jun 2011Maersk Line [11]
Maersk Essex Libra Rickmers*2173945809222 Jul 2011Maersk Line [12]
Ships built for Zodiac Maritime
Edison Maersk Edison (2011–2017)S433946301112 Jan 2011CMA CGM [13]
Erving Maersk Erving (2011–2017)S43494630232 Mar 2011CMA CGM [14]
MSC Natasha Maersk Eubank (2011–2018)S435946303530 Mar 2011MSC [15]
MSC Emma Maersk Enfield (2011–2012)
CMA CGM Enfield (2012–2013)
Maersk Enfield (2013–2018)		 S43694630474 May 2011MSC [16]
MSC Elisa Maersk Effingham (2011–2012)
CMA CGM Effingham (2012–2013)
Maersk Effingham (2013–2018)		 S437946305915 Jun 2011MSC [17]
* = Shipping company's internal name only

See also
  • Maersk Triple E-class container ship

References
  1. "Four new big ones for Rickmers", Marine cafe (blog), July 2, 2010
  2. Rickmers "Pearl" class" (PDF) (datasheet flyer), Rickmers Group, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-30
  3. "Rickmers container vessel breaks all records as she sails into the Baltic", American Journal of Transportation, May 19, 2011
  4. Eric Haun (February 2, 2017), Maersk Ship the Largest to Ever Call in Israel
  5. "Maersk Edinburgh (9456757)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  6. "Maersk Emden (9456769)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. "Maersk Eindhoven (9456771)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  8. "Maersk Essen (9456783)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  9. "Maersk Edmonton (9458030)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  10. "Maersk Elba (9458078)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  11. "Maersk Evora (9458080)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  12. "Maersk Essex (9458092)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  13. "Edison (9463011)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  14. "Erving (9463023)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  15. "MSC Natasha (9463035)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  16. "MSC Emma (9463047)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  17. "MSC Elisa (9463059)". LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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