Last week the Majestic Maersk docked in Copenhagen harbour. The first of the new fleet of Triple-E container ships built for Maersk Line. These ships will be the longest ships currently in service in the world. Though there have been longer ships in the past, such as the super tanker Knock Nevis, these are no longer in use.
The ships office website www.worldslargestship.com has lots of information about the statistics of the new ships, and including this time-lapse video showing how it was constructed.
Ems managed to get tickets for us, but she had a business trip at the last minute on the day we were due to visit the ship, so I asked Jens if he would like to come along. When I arrived at the harbour it was a shock to see something that big. In the summer we are used to seeing Baltic cruise ships docked in the harbour, but that was on another scale all together.
Walking around the ship was interesting, but it was hard to grasp the full size of it because we were so close. However the view from the top of the bridge over looking Copenhagen were amazing. After Ems got back from her business trip, we biked out the the furthest point of Christianshavn to get a better look of the ship from a distance.
The ships office website www.worldslargestship.com has lots of information about the statistics of the new ships, and including this time-lapse video showing how it was constructed.
Time-lapse video of the Maersk Triple E
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