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The largest container ships in the world. And again - the world's largest container ship "MSC Oscar

International shipping occupies the most important role in the world of trade, transporting about 90% of goods worldwide.

According to international organization shipping, more than 50,000 commercial vessels of various types transport different types of cargo every day. But in fact, it is the emergence of ultra-large container ships that has changed the structure of world trade over the past 10 years.

Container ships are different types, which, depending on the length and cargo capacity (a separate twenty-foot equivalent container - TEU is taken as a unit), are divided into seven types: Small Feeder, Feeder, Feedermax, Panamax, Post-Panamax, New Panamax and Ultra-Large Panamax. We bring to your attention the rating of the world's largest container ships in 2017, depending on the cargo capacity and length.

1. Container ship OOCL Hong Kong
OOCL Hong Kong is the newest container ship in the fleet of the Chinese shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). With a length of 399.8 m, it is the first in the list of the largest container ships. The ultra large vessel was the first to overcome the figure of 21,000, taking on board 21,413 containers. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries, the OOCL Hong Kong container ship was handed over to the owner in May 2017 and operates on the Asia-Europe international container shipping line under the flag of Hong Kong.

2. Container ship Madrid Maersk
The last tenth vessel of the Triple-E class of the Danish shipping company Maersk Line occupies the second position in the ranking of the largest container ships. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the container ship Madrid Maersk has a capacity of 20,568 containers. With a length of 399.0 m, the ship is equipped with equipment that does not need to be re-equipped when switching to gas fuel. On the decks of the giant, containers can be placed in 23 rows.

3. CONTAINER VESSEL MOL Triumph
MOL Triumph, owned by Japanese shipping operator Mitsui OSK Lines, is now only third behind the previously held record for the world's largest cargo ship. 400.0 m long has a maximum carrying capacity of 20170 TEU. Built by South Korean company Samsung Heavy Industries, MOL Triumph is the first in a series of six container ships. The vessel made its maiden voyage in April this year and is currently operating regularly on the route between Asia and Europe.

4. Container ship MSC Jade
Fourth and fifth places in our rating are 398.4 m long container ships of the Pegasus series, consisting of 12 vessels of the Mediterranean Shipping Company. The cargo ships MSC Jade, MSC Ditte, MSC Reef, MSC Mirja, MSC Erica, MSC Tina were built by the South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Containerships MSC Diana, MSC Ingy, MSC Eloane, MSC Mirjam, MSC Rifaya, MSC Leanne were launched by Samsung Heavy Industries. All ships were created between May 2016 and March 2017.

Today, ninety-five percent of all cargo is carried by sea. container ships are relatively young types of ships. With an average age of 10 years, Emma Maersk » is considered the youngest, among the rest container ships of such a type.

Emma Maersk - a real modern miracle. It is the longest container ship currently in use and is powered by the largest diesel engine ever built.

Emma Maersk is the first of 8 E-class container ships owned by A.P. Moller Maersk Group. When launched in 2006, the Emma Maersk was the largest container ship ever built. In 2010, the vessel and 7 other vessels from this series became the most long container ships ever built and the longest vessel in use at the time, after the world's largest vessel, the Seawise Giant, permanently docked in port in 2004, was scrapped in 2010.

Officially, Emma Maersk can take on board up to 11,000 TEU or 14,770 TEU, depending on the method of determining the carrying capacity. Maersk originally reported a capacity of 11,000 TEU, according to the company's own method of calculating the capacity at the time, which was 1,400 containers more than any other vessel at the time of the ship's commissioning. However, the company also acknowledges that, using the standard method of calculating cargo capacity, Emma Maersk can take on board up to 14,770 TEU.

In normal calculations, Emma Maersk has a significantly higher carrying capacity than these figures, from 13,500 to 15,200 TEU. The difference arises because Maersk's official figures are based on the weight of the containers, while other companies estimate the capacity of a vessel based on the maximum number of containers that can be placed on board, regardless of their weight. This number always turns out to be greater than Maersk's calculated figures.

According to AP Moller, the owner of Maersk Lines, a typical 20-foot container can hold an average of 48,000 bananas. Therefore, theoretically, Emma Maersk could take on board about 528 million bananas - enough to give every person in Europe or North America banana for breakfast.

Container ship « Emma Maersk"became the first ship of a new series of large-capacity vessels with a highly automated control system. It is equipped with modern computer systems to ensure efficient operation. General interior cargo ship made from the highest quality materials. Appearance ship is a design characteristic of container ships that are being built at the shipyard" Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd».

Container ship « Emma Maersk"was named" ship of the year"at the last presentation in 2007 in London, the organizer was the popular magazine in Europe" Lloyd's List". The creators, when building this transport vessel, set new standards in protection environment and safety, as well as efficiency, which is so important when transporting various goods. These include the exhaust gas recirculation system, which reduced the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere and, as a result, increased the power of the power plant, and reduced fuel consumption. Another innovation was the body ship treated with a special silicone coating, which led to an unexpected result - by reducing water resistance, fuel costs decreased by 1200 tons per year.

The cargo ship can take 13500 containers, instead of the planned 11,000. This is possible thanks to the excellent seaworthiness and 22 sections on board. Container ship always a welcome guest in the ports of Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Gottenburg, Argus, Ningbo, Xiamen and Tanjung Pelepas.

After the completion of the construction, the ship set off on its first voyage.

The ship was solemnly presented at a ceremony on August 12, 2006. Emma Maersk got its name from Emma, the wife of Maersk McKinney Moller. The vessel set off on its maiden voyage on September 8, 2006 at 02:00 from Aarhus with calls at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algericas, the Suez Canal and arrived in Singapore on October 1, 2006 at 20:05.

The ship appeared in news stories before Christmas 2006, called the SS Santa, as the ship was heading from China to the UK with a load of gifts for the holiday. On its return trip after Christmas 2006, the ship returned to South China with a cargo of UK waste destined for recycling.

Environmental safety is achieved on board thanks to the heat recovery system, which helps to save up to 10% of energy. But more importantly, due to the fact that the vessel is three times the size of any container ship passing through Panama Canal, the number of small ships it can replace would emit far more emissions than a single large ship.

Despite this, the Emma Maersk and others like it have been criticized for burning bunker fuel, which has a high sulfur content. The sulfur content in the ship's fuel is 2.5-4.5%, which is 2000 times higher than allowed in automobile fuel.

By the way, despite its gigantic size, the crew of the ship is only 13 people.

» is possible with twenty giant cranes at the same time. On average container ship one thousand can be installed twenty-foot containers, the capacity of the cargo ship Emma Maersk» is 13,500 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent). This is almost 4,000 containers more than the previous leader, Xin Shanghai. Average ship cost with a capacity of 4,000 TEUs is $61 million, 8,000 TEUs is $116 million.

Container ship « Emma Maersk» is impressive. This largest container ship in the world. Every submerged sea container the size of a trailer. There are fewer containers on the deck of a cargo ship, most of them are located in the hold. If you download all sea containers from deck container ship, then two space shuttles would fit on it. Proper loading is an art for everything from toys to cars.

There are basic rules for handling cargo: to ship remained stable the most severe sea containers placed down; dangerous goods and combustible mixtures - on deck, since no one wants an explosion in the hold. If more than seven rows of sea containers are placed in front of the navigation bridge, then the captain container ship, will see nothing. Too many or too few containers in the center will affect the draft of a cargo ship. All these rules apply before the start of swimming. Restless seas, changeable currents and winds, all these factors make the transportation of containers a dangerous business with the possibility of huge losses. You always need to adhere to a tight schedule and certain rules.

Container ship « Emma Maersk» a sufficiently wide ship and when approaching the port, the establishment and setting up of a multi-ton cargo ship becomes a difficult task. Imagine being in control container ship, whose length is equal to four football fields.

But when " Emma Maersk» is moored, a squadron of equipment begins its work - unloading the necessary sea containers. They have several hours at their disposal. And in container terminal In Rotterdam, containers are unloaded using high-tech machines. In order for the ship to continue its journey, the "metal servants" must unload the cargo with lightning speed. Each cargo crane can lift up to 40 tons. Below is waiting for a transport of class " AGV» for sea container. It is a self-driving vehicle without a driver. Management takes place from a screened grid-road. Some sea containers heading to final destination destination. Other containers for contraband are scanned, which is 25 times better than a conventional scanner.

soon deck Emma Maersk» will be filled with all sorts of goods and cruise continue. After some time, the goods transported the biggestship, will be in stores on three continents.

In June 2006, during the final construction phase, a fire started in the superstructure. The fire broke out on the bridge, which cost many millions of dollars, during welding work. Flames engulfed the ship from the bridge, igniting the living quarters, the fire could be seen for miles.

The loss of a ship of this size could be compared to a fire in a large residential area. After avoiding near-total destruction, made possible by the prompt intervention of firefighters, Emma Maersk was fully restored in record time. The delivery of the vessel was delayed for 6-7 weeks.

Container ship technical data« Emma Maersk»:
Length - 396.8 m;
Width - 56 m;
Draft - 13.7 m;
Displacement - 170800 tons;
Deadweight - 156907 tons;

Ship power point - 14 cylinder diesel engine Wartsila RT-Flex»;
Power - 110,000 hp;
Speed - 25.6 knots;

To see how such ships are built, you can buy tours to China and at the shipyards of this country you will see more than a dozen of such huge ships. It would seem that! From toasters and hair dryers to modern technology!

By the way, the chairman of the Kazakhstan association of organizations of the oil and gas and energy complex "KAZENERGY" - Kulibayev, spoke very well about these courts.

The most powerful, largest and most expensive Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C diesel engine is designed for big ships, in particular for the container ship Emma Maersk.

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C is the largest internal combustion engine ever built by man. It is a 14-cylinder, 2-stroke, turbocharged diesel engine, which was specially developed for the container ship Emma Maersk, owned by the Danish company Maersk.

In September 2006, the manufacture and testing of the engine was successfully completed and it was installed on the container ship Emma Maersk. By 2009, only 9 ships of this series with similar engines were manufactured.

Some of the exhaust gases are returned to the engine, which helps to save fuel and reduce emissions, some is passed through the steam generator, which then supplies energy. steam turbine Dresser-Rand and electrical generators that produce electricity. This produces 8.5 MW of electricity, which is equivalent to 12% of the power of the main engine. Some of this steam is also used directly to heat the ship. 5 diesel generators can produce up to 20.8 MW for a total of 29 MW. Two 9MW electric motors also power the main propeller shaft.

Two bow and stern thrusters provide maneuverability, and two pairs of stabilizers reduce roll.

Instead of biocides, which are used in the industry to prevent fouling of the hull, a special silicone-based paint has been applied. This improves the vessel's efficiency by reducing drag and also protects the ocean from possible biocide leakage. Silicone paint covering the underwater part of the hull is characterized by the ability to reduce water resistance, which saves up to 1200 tons of fuel per year. The vessel is also fitted with a bulbous prow, a standard feature of all cargo ships.

The turning diameter of the vessel at a speed of 24 knots is 1.5 km. The engine is located in the center to make the most of the rigidity of the hull and to maximize the load capacity. With a roll of 20 degrees, the bridge deviates by 35 m.

Characteristics of the 14-cylinder engine:
- Weight: 2300 tons
- Length: 27 meters
- Height: 13.5 meters
- Engine size: 25.480 liters
- Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm.
- Fuel consumption: 6.142 liters per hour (according to some sources, for some reason, 13,000 liters)

Fuel efficiency: more than 50% of fuel energy is converted into mechanical energy
By comparison, most cars have a fuel efficiency of 25-30%.

Some comparisons to understand the power of the engine

The most powerful engine in the world can provide electricity to a small city.
At 102 rpm, it produces 80 million watts of electricity. If the average household light bulb consumes 60 watts of power, 80 million watts of power is sufficient for 1.3 million lamps. If the average house has 6 lights on at the same time, the engine will produce enough electricity to light 220,000 houses. This is enough to provide electricity to a city with a population of 500,000.

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96 engine consumes 13,000 liters of fuel per hour. If a barrel of oil is 158.76 liters, the world's largest engine consumes 81.1 barrels of oil per hour. If the price of oil is $84/barrel in the world oil markets, then the fuel cost of 1 hour of engine operation will be $6800 per hour.

The big disadvantage of such large ships as Emma Maersk is a large number of residual oil they consume. The heavy fuels that the engine runs on contain a high percentage of sulfur and, when burned, form sulfur dioxide, which pollutes the environment.

Here are the comparative proportions of ships of this class:

sources
http://www.112-odense.dk
http://www.robse.dk
http://mostinfo.su
http://www.maritime-zone.com
http://korabley.net

By the way, since this post was written in 2012, at the moment, the largest container ship is no longer this ship. First was, and now most likely

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Container ship - a cargo ship with a length of approximately 70 to 394 m and carrying approximately 250 to 14 thousand 20-foot (TEU) containers at a time.

In sea container transportation, standard ISO containers are mainly used.

As a rule, the crew of a container ship consists of 10-26 people, since such ships are extremely automated.

Container ship MSC Kalina

One of the automation tools specific to container ships is the use of specialized cargo computers that calculate not only the stability and strength of the vessel, but also check the cargo plan:

1) compatibility of containerized cargo with the structure of the ship (types of containers allowed for each container space, allowable weight of container rows (stackweight) and their height relative to hatch covers in holds and line of sight (IMO, Panama Canal, Suez Canal visibility)

2) for the compatibility of containerized cargo with each other (segregation of dangerous goods in accordance with the International Code of Maritime Transportation of Dangerous Goods MK RID (SOLAS part IMDG Code)

3) the possibility of connecting refrigerated containers (i.e. containers with an integrated refrigeration unit)

4) compliance of the forces acting on the container fastening elements (lifting force), depending on the GM, with the limit values established by the classification society

Special container terminals are being created in ports to serve container ships.

As of September 2009, the largest container ship in the world is the MSC KALINA container ship, capable of carrying 14,336 TEU.

Types of ships. Sea container ships

Container ship is a container ship. Their appearance is associated with the emergence of universal packaging - containers. Container ships are of two types: marine and feeder.

Sea container ships applied in more in maritime transport. They carry out transportation of goods in containers between continents: Asia - Europe, Northern or South America- Europe and other routes. Feeder container ships are specialized in the delivery from small ports to large ones, in which all cargoes are consolidated and sent by sea container carriers to other continents.

Container Shipping have huge volumes and they are constantly growing, taking first place among other types of cargo transportation. As a result, the number of maritime vessels for the transport of containers has increased dramatically and new types of vessels have begun to appear.

Cargo holds of container ships are equipped with vertical rails that allow you to load containers strictly on top of each other and prevent them from shifting during transportation. In addition to the internal compartments, the upper decks are also designed for loading containers. This approach is more rational and increases the amount of cargo transported several times, which reduces the cost of delivery.

Container decks are subject to many external factors that can damage the cargo. Therefore, special attention is paid to their fastening and placement. On the cargo deck, each container is fixed with special fasteners: chains, rods, talpers.

During loading, the proportion between the number of containers in the holds and on the deck is observed and is three to one. Container ships are usually not equipped with loading mechanisms. Their loading and unloading is carried out by cranes in ports.

Technical rooms and cabins are located on a high superstructure so that the containers do not block the visible view. To increase the safety of management, container ships are equipped with video cameras on the bow masts. All modern container ships are equipped at a high technical level.

Container ship (marine) - a single-deck cargo ship with hold sizes that are a multiple of the dimensions of standard containers (fig.1). Conditionally divided into two groups: ocean swimming And feeder.

Ocean shipping containers provide transportation of containers on the main routes between the main ports of different continents. By design, the holds of a container ship have vertical guides for the installation and fastening of containers. The overall deck opening ratio is 80-85%, which is achieved through the installation of double or triple hatch covers in width. The pontoon-type hold covers allow convenient placement of containers on the deck. The absence of a cargo device and a shifted superstructure free up the entire deck for containers. IN last years on a number of ships, when containers are placed on the deck at 4-5 tiers in height, support posts are made between the rows of containers for fastening containers, which gives greater stability to the entire stack of deck containers.

To protect deck containers from the effects of sea waves on ships where the freeboard does not exceed 8 m, an elongated forecastle or a special baffle canopy is made.

From the point of view of ensuring the safety of navigation, the most difficult problem for container ships is to ensure the appropriate stability of the vessel with various loading options. This is due to a number of reasons, the most important of which include the high side, the presence of deck cargo, and high fuel consumption on the move. When working on long distances there are large changes in the ship's stores during the voyage, which requires the acceptance of a large amount of ballast water in the tanks. Container ship hull design is influenced by many factors. Thus, the box form of the holds leads to a large loss of cubic capacity, the specific cargo capacity reaches 2.5-3 m 3. On large-tonnage container ships that are in operation in this moment, the total capacity of fuel tanks reaches 10-15 thousand m 3, and the volume of ballast tanks - 15 thousand m 3 or more. To accommodate fuel and water, not only double-bottom tanks are used, but also side tanks. The distance between the double sides in the cargo holds area is 2.5-4.5 m. The middle side tanks are used for ballast, and the lower ones are for ballast and fuel. The device of double sides on container ships allows solving a number of problems: to ensure greater strength of the vessel, to create a box-shaped holds, to rationally place fuel and ballast tanks. The arrangement of fuel and ballast tanks in the area of the second bottom is made in a checkerboard pattern, which makes it possible to trim the vessel in any operating conditions of the vessel. The total capacity of ballast tanks on container ships is between 20 and 40% DWT. From 50 to 70% of the capacity of ballast tanks is filled to go on a voyage, and the rest are filled as fuel is consumed.

Ocean-going container ships became widespread in the late 60s and early 70s of the last century. The first generation containerships commissioned in the early 70s had a capacity of up to 1500 TEU, from the mid 80s it reached 4440 TEU for the fourth generation Panamax class ships.

Container ships such maximum capacity(with a deadweight of about 60 thousand tons) can pass through the Panama Canal.

The next fifth generation of vessels, known as the "post Panamax", rapidly continued to increase in size to 5000-7000 TEU in the 1990s. But in the 2000s, a generation of even larger container ships with a capacity of over 7,500 TEU, which are called "super-post Panamax", entered the main shipping arteries. The world's largest container ships of this class have now reached a capacity of 9200 TEU. The delivery of the first series of such vessels began in December 2003, the South Korean shipyards "Samsung Heavy Industries".

By the beginning of July 2004, this corporation already had orders for 17 container ships with a capacity of 9200 TEU, which should be built in 2004-2007. These vessels will have the following main dimensions: overall length - 336 m, beam - 45.6 m, draft - 14.5 m.

Projects are being developed for giant container ships, the dimensions of which will be limited only by the possibility of passing through the Suez Canal (class "Suezmax") or even the Strait of Malacca. The main characteristics of a typical vessel of the Suezmax class are approximately the following: capacity 12,000 TEU, deadweight 160,000 tons, length 400 m, width 50 m, draft 17 m. with increasing length and width of the vessel. However, according to experts' forecasts, ships with a capacity of 7500-10000 TEU will operate on the main routes in the current decade. As of June 1, 2004, 34 vessels with a capacity of more than 7,500 TEU (total 271,000 TEU) were already in operation, and another 156 vessels of this class (total capacity of 1,294,000 TEU) were ordered from shipyards around the world. In terms of tonnage, these vessels account for 40% of the entire global portfolio of orders for new container ships. According to estimates for 2010, about 300 such vessels will serve the transoceanic directions of the world container trade by the end of the decade. Feeder container ships typically include vessels with a capacity of up to 400 containers. A feature of their operation is the high frequency of calls to ports, as well as the maintenance of small ports, which often do not have specialized transshipment equipment. This led to the construction of self-unloading feeder container ships with a stern ramp and deck cranes. In this case, forklift trucks deliver containers along the ramp to upper deck, and the ship's mobile crane loads them into cellular holds.

Originally container ships ocean swimming It was customary to divide into 4 generations:

First generation- these are vessels with a capacity of 700-1200 TEU2, with a vessel speed of 20-21 knots; Second- with a capacity of 1200-1800 TEU, with a vessel speed of 20-25 knots;

Third- with a capacity of 1800-3000 TEU, with a vessel speed of up to 33 knots;

fourth generation container ships has a capacity of up to 5000-6000 TEUs.

Subsequent generations of container ships are designed up to 10,000 TEUs at speeds within 25 knots.

When developing projects for container ships of the second and third generations, mainly 2 restrictions were taken into account: the maximum dimensions of the Panama Canal locks (length 298 m, width 32.2 m, draft 12 m); power limit for single- and twin-screw ships equipped with a diesel plant as the main engine, the power of which does not exceed 33120 and 66240 kW, respectively.

This power provides, with the appropriate dimensions and contours of the hull, the speed of the vessel within 28 knots. Ships built to fit the size restrictions of the Panama Canal were named Panamax. Studies carried out by the Trio consortium, operating on European and Japanese container lines, have shown that a ship equipped with a 29440-33120 kW diesel plant can have a container capacity of 2000 TEU at 21 knots and 3000 TEU at 19 knots. Containerships with a capacity of 5,000 TEUs or more coming into service have been named "Superpanamax". The increase in the cargo capacity of container ships was due to the height of the freeboard, which in some cases reached 12 m or more.

Literature

1. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Rules for the Classification of Sea-Going Vessels, 1999

2. Alexandrov M.N. Ship devices. Leningrad, Shipbuilding, 1987, p.655.

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Maximum capacity 18000 TEU (approx. industry unit). The diameter of the ship's propellers is 9.8 meters, each of them has 4 blades. The propellers weigh 70 tons each and were created by Mecklenburger Metallguss GmBH in Germany. This size is larger than all other existing cargo, passenger and military ships.

Triple E has the largest market share of any container ship on the Asia-Europe shipping routes. They carry about 20% of all containerized cargo from Asia to Europe and 18% in the opposite direction.

A unique hull design, an energy-saving engine, and a system that uses exhaust gases to generate additional energy make the container giant Triple E unmatched in energy efficiency. A feature of the largest ship in the world is also two rudders. Dual rudder ships are more manoeuvrable than single rudder ships, but are harder to steer. Putting the rudders at the right angle and distributing the power of the two machines is a piece of jewelry that requires surgical precision. Especially when entering or leaving the port, when the captain is required to extremely precise movements in a limited space.

The ship has two diesel engines with a capacity of 43,000 hp, which consume 37% less fuel and emit 35% less into the atmosphere carbon dioxide compared to its predecessor.

The creators of this ship note that only four Triple-E class container ships will be needed to transport all the contents. great pyramid Cheops.

Thus, the creation of this ship was able to solve a seemingly insoluble problem - to create a ship that can carry the largest amount of cargo in the world, while minimizing the impact on the environment!

Today, ninety-five percent of all cargo is carried by sea. container ships are relatively young types of ships. With an average age of 10 years, Emma Maersk» is considered the youngest, among the rest container ships of such a type.

Emma Maersk - a real modern miracle. It is the longest container ship currently in use and is powered by the largest diesel engine ever built.

Emma Maersk is the first of 8 E-class container ships owned by A.P. Moller Maersk Group. When launched in 2006, the Emma Maersk was the largest container ship ever built. In 2010, the ship and 7 other ships in the series became the longest container ships ever built in the world and the longest ships in use at that time, after the largest ship in the world, the Seawise Giant, permanently delivered to the port in 2004 , was scrapped in 2010.

Container ship « Emma Maersk"became the first ship of a new series of large-capacity vessels with a highly automated control system. It is equipped with modern computer systems to ensure efficient operation. General interior cargo ship made from the highest quality materials. The appearance of the ship is a design characteristic of container ships that are being built at the shipyard" Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd».

Container ship « Emma Maersk"was named" ship of the year"at the last presentation in 2007 in London, the organizer was the popular magazine in Europe" Lloyd's List". The creators, when building this transport vessel, set new standards in environmental protection and safety, as well as economy, which is so important when transporting various cargoes. These include the exhaust gas recirculation system, which reduced the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere and, as a result, increased the power of the power plant, and reduced fuel consumption. Another innovation was the body ship treated with a special silicone coating, which led to an unexpected result - by reducing water resistance, fuel costs decreased by 1200 tons per year.

The cargo ship can take 13500 containers, instead of the planned 11000. This is possible due to the excellent seaworthiness and 22 sections on board. Container ship always a welcome guest in the ports of Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Gottenburg, Argus, Ningbo, Xiamen and Tanjung Pelepas.

After the completion of the construction, the ship set off on its first voyage.

Environmental safety is achieved on board thanks to the heat recovery system, which helps to save up to 10% of energy. But more importantly, because the ship is three times the size of any container ship that has sailed through the Panama Canal, the number of small ships it can displace would emit far more emissions into the atmosphere than a single large ship.

By the way, despite its gigantic size, the crew of the ship is only 13 people.

But when " Emma Maersk» is moored, a squadron of equipment begins its work - unloading the necessary sea containers. They have several hours at their disposal. And in the container terminal of Rotterdam, containers are unloaded using high-tech machines. In order for the ship to continue its journey, the "metal servants" must unload the cargo with lightning speed. Each cargo crane can lift up to 40 tons. Below is waiting for a transport of class " AGV» for sea container. It is a self-driving vehicle without a driver. Management takes place from a screened grid-road. Some sea containers heading to their final destination. Other containers for contraband are scanned, which is 25 times better than a conventional scanner.

soon deck Emma Maersk” will be filled with all kinds of goods and the sea voyage will continue. After some time, the goods transported the biggestship, will be in stores on three continents.

Container ship technical data« Emma Maersk»:
Length - 396.8 m;
Width - 56 m;
Draft - 13.7 m;
Displacement - 170800 tons;
Deadweight - 156907 tons;

Ship power plant- 14 cylinder diesel engine Wartsila RT-Flex»;
Power - 110,000 hp;
Speed - 25.6 knots;

By the way, the chairman of the Kazakhstan association of organizations of the oil and gas and energy complex "KAZENERGY" - Kulibayev, spoke very well about these courts.

The most powerful, largest and most expensive Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C diesel engine is designed for large ships, in particular for the container ship Emma Maersk.

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C is the largest internal combustion engine ever built by man. It is a 14-cylinder, 2-stroke, turbocharged diesel engine, which was specially developed for the container ship Emma Maersk, owned by the Danish company Maersk.

In September 2006, the manufacture and testing of the engine was successfully completed and it was installed on the container ship Emma Maersk. By 2009, only 9 ships of this series with similar engines were manufactured.

Some of the exhaust gases are returned to the engine, which helps save fuel and reduce emissions, while some is passed through a steam generator, which then powers the Dresser-Rand steam turbine and electrical generators that produce electricity. This produces 8.5 MW of electricity, which is equivalent to 12% of the power of the main engine. Some of this steam is also used directly to heat the ship. 5 diesel generators can produce up to 20.8 MW for a total of 29 MW. Two 9MW electric motors also power the main propeller shaft.

Two bow and stern thrusters provide maneuverability, and two pairs of stabilizers reduce roll.

Fuel efficiency: more than 50% of fuel energy is converted into mechanical energy
By comparison, most cars have a fuel efficiency of 25-30%.

Some comparisons to understand the power of the engine

The most powerful engine in the world can provide electricity to a small city.
At 102 rpm, it produces 80 million watts of electricity. If the average household light bulb consumes 60 watts of power, 80 million watts of power is sufficient for 1.3 million lamps. If the average house has 6 lights on at the same time, the engine will produce enough electricity to light 220,000 houses. This is enough to provide electricity to a city with a population of 500,000.

A big disadvantage of large vessels like the Emma Maersk is the large amount of residual oil they consume. The heavy fuels that the engine runs on contain a high percentage of sulfur and, when burned, form sulfur dioxide, which pollutes the environment.