On Friday, 28 April, in Singapore, Mrs. Goh Chok Tong named the Hyundai new building No 1234. The sponsor is married to his Excellency Mr. Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister of Singapore. The tanker built for A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd., was named "EFFIE MAERSK" with homeport in Singapore. It is the fifth in a series of six Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC's) built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, South Korea to the A.P. Moller Group.


The vessel having a double hull is designed in accordance with the latest international rules of IMO (International Maritime Organisation) for the prevention of oil pollution and with the American Oil Pollution Act (OPA 90).


Overall length of the "EFFIE MAERSK" is 333 metres with a breadth of 58 metres and a depth moulded of 31 metres. The scantling deadweight of the vessel is 308,000 DWT and she can carry more than two million barrels of crude oil and has a ballast capacity of over 100,000 cubic metres. Three steam driven cargo pumps each with a capacity of 5,500 cubic metres per hour can discharge the ship in less than 24 hours. The tanker has been approved for operation with a total crew of only 13 due to the high level of automation, the advanced fire-fighting system, the handy layout of mooring systems and the novel and highly efficient design of the bridge.


With the delivery of "EFFIE MAERSK", A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd., will strengthen its position as the largest shipowner in Singapore with 4.4 million DWT.


After the name giving ceremony, "EFFIE MAERSK", under the command of Captain Chng Wei Kiat and with Mario Diego D'Cruz as Chief Engineer, promptly departed for the Arabian Gulf on her maiden voyage.


The vessel will now join her four sisters already delivered in their commitment to provide oil companies world-wide with safe and environmentally friendly transportation of crude oil from the production source to the refinery.


Contact person:
Flemming Ipsen
A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. (65-3238 300)
Singapore, 28 April 2000