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Christened before 20 mega-portacontainer Triple of the Maersk group
the ship has an ability to 18.000 teu and is long 400 meters and wide 59 meters
June 14, 2013
Today in the ship yard of Okpo of the South Korean group Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is christened, before the twenty new ships of the Triple series ordered from shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk that, with a unitary cargo ability 18.000 pairs to container teu, will be the portacontainer larger of the world.
The new portacontenitori has a gross capacity of 165.000 tons, is long 400 meters and wide 59 meters, have a draught of 14,5 meters and a speed of 23 knots. The ship has taken the name of Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, the son of the founder of the Danish group, that it has guided the shipowning society in the last few decades and has passed away in April 2012 at the age of 98.
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Today in the ship yard of Okpo of the South Korean group Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is christened, before the twenty new ships of the Triple series ordered from shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk that, with a unitary cargo ability 18.000 pairs to container teu, will be the portacontainer larger of the world.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
