Mærsk confirms order for ten 18,000 teu ships

Each vessel will cost US$190m, initially taking the total contract order to US$1.9bn, rising to US$5.7bn if all 30 ships are built.

Scheduled for delivery between 2013 and 2015 and to be known as the ‘Triple-E’ class, providing 16% greater (2,500 containers) carrying capacity than today’s largest container vessel, their own, E-class ‘Emma Mærsk’.

This is perhaps the first admission by Mærsk of the true capacity of the E-class ships headed by the ‘Emma Mærsk’, which were launched in 2006 and were originally put out as being 11,000 teu.