Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Odense delivers 'Maren Maersk'

Odense Steel Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding, a 7,000TEU container ship to the AP Moller-Maersk Group last weekend at Denmark.

The new vessel was named ‘Maren Maersk’. ‘Maren Maersk’ is the third ship in a series of six container ships. The ship is designed and built to meet the highest demands for safe, precise, environmentally friendly and economic transportation of goods all over the globe. Among other things, a waste heat recovery system is installed to optimize the use of the energy produced. ‘Maren Maersk’ is a highly-automated ship, thoroughly monitored by advanced computer systems to ensure an optimal and efficient operation. To minimize the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions the twelve-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex diesel engine has been optimized for a more efficient and economical service speed. The propulsion machinery on ‘Maren Maersk’ develops 62,640kW.
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