Emma Maersk

Container shipping arrived at an absolute low this time. Even the biggest companies in the world suffer enormous losses. Due to the financial crisis? I don't know if that is the only reason. Before the crisis new container vessels were delivered at an almost weekly interval. As if nobody cared about capacity on the world market, the vessels were built big, bigger and biggest like the Emma Maersk you can see behind the Husky funnel. With her 397 meters length over all, she is the biggest container vessel in the world. Her container capacity being almost 14.000 containers. But what if only half of your spaces are occupied and the other 50% is filled with empty containers? Your losses will be staggering. And that is what happening right now. She passed us with a speed of 12 knots instead of her usual service speed of 27 knots. Another indication that business is very poor.

Check this site for the Emma Maersk in the hey days of container shipping