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''Emma Mærsk'' is the first container ship in the E-class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When launched in 2006 she was the largest container ship ever built, and in 2010 she and her seven sister ships were among the longest container ships. Officially, she is able to carry around or 14,770 TEU depending on definition. In May 2010, her sister ship ''Ebba Mærsk'' set a record of in Tanger-Med, Tangiers. ==History== The ''Emma Mærsk'' was built at the Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark. In June 2006, during construction, welding work caused a fire within the superstructure.〔Miranda Max. ("The Secret Story Of Building The World’s Largest Container Ship" ), shippinginsouthafrica.wordpress.com; accessed 5 March 2015.〕 It spread rapidly through the accommodation section and bridge, which delayed her completion by six to seven weeks. She was named in a ceremony on 12 August 2006, after Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller's late wife, Emma. She set sail on her maiden voyage on 8 September 2006 at 02:00 hours from Aarhus, calling at Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, the Suez Canal, and arrived in Singapore on 1 October 2006 at 20:05 hours. She sailed the next day for Yantian in Shenzhen, then Kobe, Nagoya, arriving at Yokohama on 10 October 2006, and returning via Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, the Suez Canal, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg to Aarhus, arriving on 11 November 2006 at 16:00 hours. She appeared in headlines prior to Christmas 2006, when she was dubbed SS ''Santa'' because she was bound for the United Kingdom from China loaded with Christmas goods. The return journey to southern China was loaded with UK waste for recycling. Her appearance in the news prompted the State Environmental Protection Administration in China to promise to "closely watch the progress of investigation into the dumping of garbage in south China by Britain". Ministry officials added that no official approval had been given to any company in the area to import waste. In 2008, the ship was featured on an episode of the television documentary series ''Mighty Ships'', during a voyage between Malaysia and Spain. In 2011, the National Bank of Denmark issued a 20 DKK commemorative coin for her. Going eastwards on 1 February 2013, she suffered a damaged stern thruster and took on so much water in the Suez Canal that she became unmaneuvrable. Tugs, anchors and the wind〔"(Here it comes )" page 29-31, ''Maersk Post'' (June 2013); accessed 22 September 2013.〕 took her to Port Said to offload 13,500 containers, drain her and be investigated by divers. She has not been in danger of sinking.〔(Accident report )〕〔 (English translation )〕〔 (English translation )〕〔 (English translation )〕 On 15 February 2013, Maersk Line confirmed that she was about to leave Port Said under tow to a yard for further assessment and repair. On 25 February she reached the yard of Palermo, Sicily, where she was scheduled to stay for four months. In August 2013, she was in service again〔OLE ANDERSEN. "(Emma Maersk sails again )" ''ShippingWatch'', 1 August 2013. Accessed: 22 September 2013.〕 after a DKK 250 million (roughly US$44.5m) repair.〔TOMAS KRISTIANSEN. "(Here comes the bill for Emma Maersk )" ''ShippingWatch'', 13 August 2013; accessed 22 September 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emma Mærsk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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