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Ebba Mærsk heading Hamburg. In the background the southern suspension tower of Elbe crossing 2.
History
Name	Ebba Mærsk
Owner	A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
Operator	Copenhagen,  Denmark
Builder	Odense Steel Shipyard
Yard number	207
Launched	12 April 2007
Christened	21 May 2007
Identification	IMO number: 9321524
General characteristics
Class and type	Mærsk E-class container ship
Tonnage	156,907 DWT
Length	397 m (1,302 ft)
Beam	56 m (184 ft)

Ebba Mærsk is a container ship owned by the Danish shipping company A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. She is the fifth of the Mærsk E-class, and at the time of delivery she and her seven sister ships were among the largest container ships ever built. She has a total TEU capacity of 11,000 TEU 14-ton containers by Mærsk definition; however, with standard ratings she can hold 14,770 containers. This rating goes by physical space rather than weight. Her beam is 56 m (184 ft), her length 397 m (1,302 ft), and she has a deadweight tonnage of 156,907. In May 2010, she was reported with 15,011 TEU in Tangier, Morocco, the highest equivalent number of any vessel.

In popular culture

In the Daniel Suarez novel Kill Decision, Ebba Mærsk is taken over by thousands of automated combat drones hidden in shipping containers.

References

1. "The 108,640 horsepower boosted Ebba Mærsk" (in Danish). 18 August 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. Vessels Mærsk Line, 1 June 2010. Retrieved: 17 June 2010.
3. Holt, Julie. "Ebba Mærsk Beats World Record Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine" Ing.dk, 28 May 2010. Retrieved: 28 May 2010.
4. Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision, Chapter 28 ff. ISBN 978-0525952619. Published by Dutton Adult (July 19, 2012)

• Ships of the Maersk Line
• Container ships
• Ships built in Odense
• Merchant ships of Denmark
• 2007 ships