THE WORLD'S FAMOUS EMMA

Monday 17 October 2011


Who is Emma? What is Emma?



Jika anda berada dalam industri perkapalan, anda tentunya mengenali si Emma ini. She is currently the largest container vessel, in the whole planet and despite her young age, she is regarded as the most known ship after the SS Titanic.

Emma ini adalah kepunyaan Maersk, sebauh syarikat perkapalan terkenal di dunia. Maersk mempunyai banyak lagi kapal yang berada dalam senarai kapal kontena terbesar didunia. In fact, Emma mempunyai 7 lagi  'sister ship', and she is the most famous, compared to her sisters.

She has massive length of 397 m, 56 m beam and draft of 15.5 m. Mengikut Maersk, kapal ini mampu untuk membawa kontena sebayak 11 000 TEUs kontena, dan mengikut polisi Maersk, satu kontena TEUs mampu untuk di isi kargo seberat 14 tan. So you do the math.

Kelajuan Emma sangat mengagumkan, biarpun she has enormous size, she still capable of navigates for 25.5 knots, and can be occupied up to 30 men. During her maiden voyage, she only handled by 15 men.













for more info, feel free to visit Maersk offficial website

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