Maersk ship again sent orders at Hyundai Heavy Industries custom-made nine 14,000 TEU ship, this is the first custom-made container ship Maersk flexible deployment and operations.
 
    July 8, Maersk and Hyundai Heavy Industries Group signed new contracts boat custom-made, custom-made nine container ships, each ship capacity of 14,000 TEU, and reserves the right to select up to eight additional container ships. The custom-made container vessel length is 353 meters.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group Chief Operating Officer Jia three-hyun (Sam H. Ka) and Maersk Line COO • Soren Tofte (Søren Toft) Maersk headquarters in Copenhagen, signed a new boat custom-made contracts, the contract value of $ 1.1 billion.
Maersk Line orders this year
  
    • Soren Toft (Søren Toft) said: "For this new custom-made boat I am very happy because we have taken new initiatives to these new custom-made ships with efficient design, they will be served in a different. on the route, rather than a route for a service that will help Maersk Line to remain competitive, improve fleet flexibility and operational efficiency. "

    This is the first custom-Maersk flexible deployment and operation of container ships. The custom-made for this new ship hull not based on specific navigation speed and draft of the design, which further optimize the company's fleet constitutes the company to fuel consumption without affecting the premise, according to the different needs of these vessels will deliver in the north-south or east-west route to the route.

    The custom-made nine container ships is expected to be delivered in 2017, and Singapore flag fly.

    As of May 2015, Maersk Line's existing fleet includes 273 owned vessels (1.7 million TEUs) and 335 leased vessels (1.2 million TEUs).