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Maersk Elba (13,092 teu) largest portacontainer is never landed to a Baltic port
It takes part of a series of eight new ships of the same ability rented from Rickmers to Maersk Line
May 18, 2011
With the landing place last week to terminal DCT Gdansk of the port of Danzica the Maersk Elba has become largest portacontainer never reached in a port of the Baltic Sea. The ship, that it has an ability to 13.092 teu, is constructed in the yard of Ulsan of Hyundai Heavy Industries and is christened Scorpio Rickmers 17th February. The portacontainer, that she is of property of the Rickmers German, it is rented the Danish Maersk Line and rename Maersk Elba.
Rickmers has ordered altogether eight portacontainer from 13.092 teu to the Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korean that has been all rented to the Maersk Line. First you are already in service, while last the two new ships will be taken in delivery in the next few months of june and July: the first will be christened Tauro Rickmers and renamed Maersk Evora and the second one it will be christened Weighs Rickmers and renamed Maersk Essex.
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With the landing place last week to terminal DCT Gdansk of the port of Danzica the Maersk Elba has become largest portacontainer never reached in a port of the Baltic Sea. The ship, that it has an ability to 13.092 teu, is constructed in the yard of Ulsan of Hyundai Heavy Industries and is christened Scorpio Rickmers 17th February. The portacontainer, that she is of property of the Rickmers German, it is rented the Danish Maersk Line and rename Maersk Elba.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
