Category Archives: Main container vessels

Venta Mærsk

Venta Mærsk01 Venta Mærsk06 Venta Mærsk09Venta Mærsk is arriving in Bremerhaven on September 22nd, 2018 on her maiden voyage in stormy weather conditions.
She is the very first Mærsk vessel which successfully passed the Northern Sea Route on her way from Busan to Bremerhaven. The ice strengthened container vessel is purpose built to serve as a feeder vessel for Mærsk Line’s Baltic Sea loops and will join her service in Bremerhaven.
Built: 2018 | IMO No.: 9775763 | Gross tonnage: 34,882 | Flag: Denmark | Container capacity: 3,596 TEU

MOL Triumph

MOL Triumph00 MOL Triumph01 MOL Triumph06 MOL Triumph09 MOL Triumph11 MOL Triumph14 MOL Triumph15The so far biggest container vessel that has ever sailed in German waters – the MOL Triumph – is passing Cuxhaven on May 17th, 2017.
Built: 2017 | IMO No.: 9769271 | Gross tonnage: 210,678 | Flag: Marshall Islands | Container capacity: 20,170 TEU

Eugen Mærsk

Eugen Mærsk001 Eugen Mærsk008 Eugen Mærsk012 Eugen Mærsk016 Eugen Mærsk019 Eugen Mærsk022 Eugen Mærsk030The rebuilt Eugen Mærsk on her maiden voyage after being rebuilt to carry upto 16,810 TEU.
The picture is taken on the river Elbe between Brunsbüttel and Otterndorf.
Main changes which were carried out by a Chinese yard was a slow-steaming bulb, the raising of the deckhouse by about one deck, raised lashing bridges by one tier, and antiroll tanks.
Built/Rebuilt: 2008 @ Odense Shipyard (Odense/Denmark) / 2016 @ Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (Qingdao/China) | IMO: 9321550 | Gross Tonnage: 171,542 | Flag: Denmark | Port of Registry: Randers | Container capacity: 16,810 TEU | Length: 397.70 m | Breadth: 56.40 m | Draft: 16.00 m | Speed: 27 kn | Owner: A.P. Möller

MSC Zoe

MSC Zoe01 MSC Zoe04 MSC Zoe10 MSC Zoe12 MSC Zoe15 MSC Zoe17MSC Zoe is passing Cuxhaven during her maiden voyage on August 01st, 2015. The vessel is bound for Hamburg where the christening ceremony will be held. Therefore MSC loaded empty MSC boxes all around the vessel.
Officially the MSC Zoe and her sistervessels are the biggest container vessels ever built. Inoffically UASC’s 19,000 TEU class is a little bit bigger.
Built: 2015 | IMO No.: 9703318 | Gross tonnage: 192,237 | Flag: Panama | Container capacity: 19,224 TEU