Worlds biggest container ship to call at Felixstowe on Oct 7th updated





Majestic Maersk, the second example of Maersk Line's Triple-E class of ships, currently the world largest container ships, is due to make a one-off call at the Port of Felixstowe on 7th October






EEE-jumbo to visit Copenhagen, Wilhelmshaven and Felixstowe on off-schedule calls




Not only Denmark’s capital Copenhagen, but also the ports of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and Felixstowe, UK, will see off-schedule calls by Maersk Line’s new 18,270 teu EEE-class vessel MAJESTIC MAERSK:
According to the carrier’s most recent schedule, the MAJESTIC MAERSK will sail straight to Copenhagen, where she is to be christened, from the Polish port of Gdansk.
In order to berth at the famous Langelinie Pier, where water depth is limited, the ship will discharge normally at Gdansk, but it will not load any eastbound containers.
After the Copenhagen visit, the jumbo vessel will sail directly to Gothenburg, while the AE10 service’s regular Aarhus call will be skipped.
Following the regular eastbound call at Bremerhaven, the MAJESTIC MAERSK will then make an off-schedule appearance at Wilhelmshaven, where she is expected to exchange eastbound cargo with the EUGEN MAERSK. Both ships will be trading on the AE10 and both will be on eastbound voyages. The MAJESTIC MAERSK will be a few days behind schedule because of her christening and the EUGEN will be ahead of schedule since her round-trip is to skip the Gothenburgh call.
The fact that one ship is ahead of schedule and the other behind, will allow Maersk Line to exchange cargo between the two, while the ships meet at Wilhelmshaven.
Eventually, after a routine southbound call at Rotterdam, the new MAJESTIC MAERSK will set a new record for the biggest container ship ever to call at a UK port, when visiting Felixstowe on another off-schedule call. After this, the AE10 voyage will resume normally.




  • Four STS cranes heightened to handle Maersk Triple-E vessels

Four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at APM TerminalsAlgeciras in southern Spain are being heightened byKalmar, part of Cargotec, to prepare for the arrival ofMaersk’s Triple-E vessels, the world’s largestcontainerships.
The project, which began in June, is expected to be completed next month and will see the height of each crane, originally supplied by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC), increased by 5.8 metres.
“Like many ports, Port of Algeciras is seeing a significant increase in the size of ships and this means they need to find innovative solutions to increase their port side handling capacity,” said Eduardo Prat, vice president, Kalmar South EMEA.
“Increasing the STS crane height provides an expedient and cost-effective answer to boosting the crane capacity.”
The modifications will be undertaken by Kalmar’s specialist crane services team located in Algeciras, Spain, who have developed innovative systems to handle this highly technical procedure.
The specialist technique involves the Kalmar team using a jacking system which lifts the crane by the required height. A heightening construction is then inserted below the gross girders. In order to maintain the integrity and rigidity of the structure the sill beam is strengthened through bracers which are installed in the waterside portal frame.



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  1. There are few largest container ships which carries huge cargo.One of the major firm Samsung Heavy Industries constructed 4 of the world's largest container ships .In this Emma Maersk is the first ship in Maersk E Series large container ships.

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