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Mærsk E-class container ship
The
Maersk E Series
comprises eight 14,770
twenty-foot equivalent unit
(TEU)
container ships
. Each
sister ship
bear names beginning with the letter "E". Until 2012, they were the
largest container ship ever constructed
, and are among the longest ships currently in use at 399 metres (1,302 ft) long and 56 metres (184 ft) wide. They are owned by the Danish
A. P. Moller-Maersk Group
. The first in the class built was
Emma Maersk
by
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd.
,
Denmark
. The E-class was followed by the
Triple-E class
, which is even larger and more fuel-efficient.
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