Emma Mærsk
Maersk · In service
Length overall397.71 m
Beam56.4 m
Capacity11,000 TEU (Maersk's method) / ≈15,500 TEU (industry standard)
Gross tonnage170,794 GT
The yard
The story so far
Odense Steel Shipyard was the Maersk group's in-house builder for nine decades, and its final act was its greatest: the E class, led by Emma Mærsk — the ships that broke the container size scale in 2006, powered by the most powerful diesel engines ever built.
Unable to compete with Asian yards on cost, Odense delivered its last ship in 2012 and closed, ending large-scale shipbuilding in Denmark; the site lives on as an industrial park, and the E class remain its steel memorial.
The line-up
Odense Steel Shipyard ships
Side profiles are sized by real length overall — longer ships draw bigger. Categories are never mixed.
Container ships
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Side by side
Every ship, ranked by length
| Ship | Category | Length | Beam | Delivered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Mærsk | Container | 397.71 m | 56.40 m | 2006 | In service |