On Saturday 15 January 2000, at Singapore's Pasir Panjang Terminal, Mrs Kathleen Klausner, wife of Mr R.F. Klausner, President of Standard Marine Services (Exxon Mobil Corp.) in Southampton, named the Hyundai newbuilding No. 1165. The Danish flag tanker built for Maersk Tankers of A.P. Møller was named "ELLEN MÆRSK" with homeport in Roskilde in Denmark. It is the third in a series of Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) for the Maersk Fleet to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., South Korea.


This is the fourth time a vessel in the A.P. Møller fleet is given the family name ELLEN.


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 ELLEN MÆRSK is 332.93 meters with a breadth of 58.0 meters and a depth moulded of 31.0 meters. The scantling deadweight of the vessel is 308,491 DWT and she can carry more than 2.0 million barrels of crude oil and has a ballast capacity of over 100,000 cubic meters. Three steam driven cargo pumps each with a capacity of 5,500 cubic meters 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.


After the name giving ceremony, ELLEN MÆRSK, under the command of Captain Ole Jensen and with Frede Amtoft as Chief Engineer, promptly departed for the Arabian Gulf on her maiden voyage.


Later this year the vessel will be delivered to Standard Tankers of Bahamas (Exxon Mobil Corp.) under a long term Time Charter contract to become part of the large Exxon Mobil fleet program delivering crude oil to their refineries worldwide.


Contact person:
Tage Bundgaard, Executive Vice President (Tel. +45 3363 3635)