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portacontainer Emma Maersk has reached today Palermo
The ship will be subordinate to work of repair in the Fincantieri yard
February 25, 2013
Emma Maersk, portacontainer from 15.550 teu that container takes part of the series of eight ships of greater ability to the Danish company Maersk Line let alone to the world-wide fleet of full hand, has arrived today to Palermo where she will be subordinate to work of repair in the ship yard of the Fincantieri group. 1°th February, while it was crossing the Suez Canal directed in Asia, the ship - with on board 13,537 container, of which 6,425 full loads - has had to interrupt the travel because of the income of water in the engine room determined from a breach in the gallery of the axis of the propeller. Reached Port Saïd, where the cargo is disembarked, the portacontenitori therefore is hauled with departure on 17 February from the port Egyptian towards the Sicilian port from the Fairmount tug Alpine of the Fairmount Dutch Marine of the group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA).
Emma Maersk is long 398 meters and has a gross capacity of 156.907 tons.
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