Container vessel for A.P. Møller named at Volkswerft, Stralsund.


A new container vessel for A.P. Møller was named on Saturday 19 January 2002 at Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH in Germany. Mrs Inge Lis Johannesen, the wife of Mr Kjeld Johannesen, CEO Danish Crown, Denmark, honoured the owner by naming the yard’s newbuilding no 435 JOSEPHINE MÆRSK.


The new vessel is the last in a series of four with a container capacity of 2,840 TEU (twentyfoot equivalent units), a length of 216 metres, a width of 32 metres and a draught of 12 metres.


JOSEPHINE MÆRSK is equipped with a 7 cylinder MAN B&W diesel main engine, which develops 43,470 BHP (31,920 kW) at 104 rpm and fully loaded the vessel reaches a speed of approx. 23 knots.


JOSEPHINE MÆRSK will be delivered after completed sea trials in early February and then enter Maersk Sealand’s worldwide liner service.


The homeport of JOSEPHINE MÆRSK is Randers, Denmark with John Schlosser as Captain and Otto Knaack as Chief Engineer. The vessel will have a crew of 15.