Eugen-Maersk

On June 3, 2024, the 'Eugene Maersk', en route from Tanger Med to Algeciras, has rescued 32 migrants of Maghreb origin from a boat that the crew located about 60 nautical miles from Arrecife. Once the container ship had anchored near Naos port, the crew of the SAR biat 'Salvamar Al Nair' (MMSI: 224944850) embarked them and transferred the castaways to Arrecife. Report with photos: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1797700452588429498

The "Eugen Maersk" suffered a technical malfunction short after leaving the port of Hamburg on March 3, 2018 at 12.50 a.m. The ship had to be emergency anchored on the Elbe off Stade. For more than one hour the river was totally blocked for ships with a length of more than 120 meters. Tugs secured the ship during the repairs. Then the crew had fixed the problem, and the ship continued its voyage to Antwerp. It finally reached the port of Antwerp on March 4 at 5 a.m. and docked at berth 1742 - PSA in the Deurgang Dock.

Maersk Line is upgrading its eight E-class 15,550 teu vessels to load a further 1,300 teu. Raising the accommodation block and wheelhouse and increasing the height of lashing bridges to take an extra tier of containers is part of the strategy to double the lifetime of the 10-year-old ships, and could be viewed as a statement from Maersk on maximum vessel size intent. Remedial work was needed on the Odense-built ships after the Emma Maersk was fortunate not to sink at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal in early 2013 after the hull was fractured by a failed stern thruster. After the incident, Maersk prohibited the use of stern thrusters on its Emma-class ships until modifications could be made to the fleet. The upgrading, which also includes fitting a new bulbous bow to cope with slower speeds and a new propeller, is being carried out at China’s CSIC Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, which has undertaken the majority of previous Maersk Line ship upgrades. It is understood that the first E-class vessel converted was the Eugen Maersk, which has now rejoined the 2M AE1/Shogun Asia-North Europe loop.