The ship now
bears the name of the company’s late owner, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who died in
April 2012 at the age of 98. The naming was officially performed by Ane Mærsk
Mc-Kinney Uggla, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller’s youngest daughter.
“As you sail
the waters of the world, may your journeys be smooth and your tasks
successful,” Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla said to the ship during the naming. “May you
bring happiness to your crew, may you be a safe haven for all who board you and
may you bring pride and prosperity to all.”
The ship is
the first Triple-E vessel – Economy of scale, Energy efficiency and
Environmentally improved – to join the Maersk fleet, and has a capacity of
18,000 TEUs. Its launch is the first of five planned for Triple-E vessels in
2013, with several more expected to join the fleet in 2014.
A total of 20
Triple-E vessels are expected to be gradually phased in over the next couple of
years on the existing route between Asia and Northern Europe.
Triple-E
vessels, according to Maersk, will consume about 35 percent less fuel per
container than the 13,100 TEU vessels being delivered to other container
shipping lines in these years and will also reduce CO2 emissions by more than
50 percent per container moved, compared to the industry average CO2
performance on the Asia-Europe trade.
A video of
the ship’s naming can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/68399450.
