The Danes were offered a unique experience, when the Danish Mærsk Line's newest vessel type and the largest container ship in the world took a detour from its route and berths at the quay of Langelinie in Copenhagen.
The ship will after its Copenhagen visit rejoin the service on the Asia-Europe trade calling 14 different ports – one of which is Aarhus, where a significant part of Danish agricultural export is loaded.
This Triple-E-ship is the second in the series of this type of container ships. It is 400 meters long, 59 meters wide, 73 meters high and accommodates more than 18,000 20-foot containers. The ship is not only the world´s largest but also the most environmentally improved as its innovative design sets new standards for reuse of materials and reduction of CO2 emissions by more than 50% per container moved, compared to the industry average CO2 performance on the Asia-Europe trade.
This Triple-E-ship is the second in the series of this type of container ships. It is 400 meters long, 59 meters wide, 73 meters high and accommodates more than 18,000 20-foot containers. The ship is not only the world´s largest but also the most environmentally improved as its innovative design sets new standards for reuse of materials and reduction of CO2 emissions by more than 50% per container moved, compared to the industry average CO2 performance on the Asia-Europe trade.
For more pictures- look at Picasa web.
The first one shows the Crown Princess of Denmark naming the ship
The second one shows parts of the tour that we went on
= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_zTgudW2wM
= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtWQr0jgGyQ
First, I didn't know that Mærsk was a Danish company. Mærsk is THE international shipping company. For them, the world's seas are criss-crossing shipping lines. Working for them would be interesting, like living/working on a floating city. I believe that it takes miles (remember miles? they're like kilometers but a tad longer . . . ) for them to stop and turn around.
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