''Sovereign Maersk'' is

container ship A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal ...

, which is part of the fleet of

Maersk Line Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size ...

. The container vessel is operated by AP Moller Maersk Denmark and built in 1997 in the shipyard of

Odense Steel Shipyard Odense Steel Shipyard () was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense. It was best known for building container ships for its parent group, Maersk, A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, including the Mærsk E-class container ship, Mærsk E class in ...

Design

The ''Sovereign Maersk'' was built in 1997 in

and when built was the largest container ship in the world. The container ship is one of the largest

ships with overall length of , beam of and depth of . The draft of the cargo ship, when is fully loaded can reach . The container vessel has deadweight of 104,690 metric tons,

gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...

of 91,560, and capacity of 8,160 TEUs. The main engine MAN B&W 12K90 has output power of 56,000 kW, which is transferred through propulsion system to the propeller and the gives maximum speed of the ship of over .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign Maersk Container ships Merchant ships of Denmark 1997 ships Ships built in Odense Ships of the Maersk Line