Maersk Edinburgh-class container ship

The Maersk Edinburgh class is a series of post-Panamax container ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. They were first built for Rickmers Group, where they are also known as the Pearl class.[1] They are about 10% smaller in TEU count or displacement than the Maersk E-class.

Maersk Edinburgh class
Container ship Maersk Elba at Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal in 2011
Class overview
Builders: Hyundai Heavy Industries
In service: 2010–present
Completed: 13
General characteristics
Type: Container ship
Tonnage:
  • 125,480–140,580 tonnes DWT
  • 59,800 NT
Length: 366 m
Beam: 48.2 m
Draft: 14.50–15.50 m
Propulsion:
  • Hyundai-Wärtsilä 12RT-flex 96C two-stroke Diesel (68,640 kilowatts (92,050 hp))
  • Bow thrusters (2x1,800 kilowatts (2,400 hp))
Speed: 24.3 knots (45.0 km/h; 28.0 mph)
Capacity:

History

The series was ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2007 to 2008 and delivered starting July 2010. The client of the series is the Hamburg-based Rickmers Group,[2] and were chartered to Maersk. The Explorer class and Daniela class are also based on the same design, but both broader.

The Maersk Edinburgh class, along with the Explorer class were designed for a slow steaming[1] container service from Europe to East Asia. The beginning of the service with the abbreviations FAL 5 and AE8 was already planned for the summer of 2009, but was not realised due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008. It will run through the ports of Le Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Singapore, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang and back to Le Havre. As of 2010, the ships of the Maersk-Edinburgh class were introduced to the FAL5 / AE8 Far East Europe service.

Records

The Maersk Elba visited Gdansk on May 11, 2011, becoming the largest container vessel ever handled by a Baltic Sea port,[3] and then visited Port of Haifa in 2017 to set a record for the largest ship to dock in Israel.[4]

Ships
Name as builtBuilder's numberIMO numberIn service dateOperatorRenamed
Ships build for Rickmers
Pearl Rickmers21509456757July 2010Maersk LineMaersk Edinburgh
Ruby Rickmers21519456769July 2010Maersk LineMaersk Emden
Aqua Rickmers2152945677116 August 2010Maersk LineMaersk Eindhoven
Coconee Rickmers21539456783August 2010Maersk LineMaersk Essen
Leo Rickmers2170945803018 February 2011Maersk LineMaersk Edmonton
Scorpio Rickmers*2171945807810 March 2011Maersk LineMaersk Elba
Tauro Rickmers*217294580801 June 2011Maersk LineMaersk Evora
Libra Rickmers*2173945809222 July 2011Maersk LineMaersk Essex
Ships build for Zodiac Maritime
Maersk EdisonS433946301112 January 2011CMA CGMEdison (2017)
Maersk ErvingS43494630232 March 2011CMA CGMErving (2017)
Maersk EubankS435946303530 March 2011MSCMSC Natasha (2018)
Maersk EnfieldS43694630474 May 2011MSCCMA CGM Enfield (2012)
Maersk Enfield (2013)
MSC Emma (2018)
Maersk EffinghamS437946305915 June 2011Maersk LineCMA CGM Effingham (2012)
Maersk Effingham (2013)
* = Shipping company's internal name only

See also
  • Maersk Triple E-class container ship

References
  1. "Four new big ones for Rickmers", Marine cafe (blog), July 2, 2010
  2. Rickmers "Pearl" class" (PDF) (datasheet flyer), Rickmers Group, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-30
  3. "Rickmers container vessel breaks all records as she sails into the Baltic", American Journal of Transportation, May 19, 2011
  4. Eric Haun (February 2, 2017), Maersk Ship the Largest to Ever Call in Israel
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