On Saturday 25 May 2002 Odense Steel Shipyard presented another newbuilding in the series of large post-panamax container vessels built for A.P. Møller. Mrs Denise Persson, wife of Mr Stefan Persson, Executive Chairman of Hennes & Mauritz AB, honoured the owner by naming the newbuilding CORNELIA MÆRSK.


CORNELIA MÆRSK adds to the series of large container vessels with a capacity of approx. 6.600 TEU (twenty-foot containers), including a considerable number of reefer containers.


Like her sister vessel CHARLOTTE MÆRSK, CORNELIA MÆRSK is equipped with a 12-cylinder HSD-Wärtsilä Sulzer diesel engine manufactured in Korea.


CORNELIA MÆRSK, which will leave for sea trial in Skagerrak 4 June 2002, will after delivery later in June enter Maersk Sealand’s world-wide liner service. CORNELIA MÆRSK is additionally equipped with an education centre for up to 10 cadets, which enables the vessel to be used as a training ship.


CORNELIA MÆRSK is registered in Kalundborg and will be commanded by Captain Egon Kolmos, Svendborg, with Torben Lund Jørgensen, Ørbæk, as Chief Engineer. The vessel will have a crew of 15.