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Maersk: Newer Tipple-E's Will Use Less Fuel
As Maersk Line takes deliveries of its Triple-E container ships, it says the last Triple-E delivered will be more fuel efficient and won't look the the same as the first, as engineers are continuing to find ways to improve the ships' efficiency.
Describing it as "work in progress", Maersk said Engineers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea plan to build at least 10 of the 20 ships Maersk Line has ordered with modified engines.
"The actual space of the engine room area will the same but we will have smaller engines which means it will use less fuel," said DSME Engineering Manager Daniel Cho.
"We have to do a lot of research and we have to do a lot of investigations.
"We are still discussing what we should do and how we should carry it out so in this in case it does take time to complete vessels like the Triple-E."
So far, four of the 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) ships have been delivered.
Maersk said DSME is also optimising the hull design, while speeding up the entire building process.
The efficiency changes will not alter the vessel's carrying capacity.
While the first Triple-E took 38 weeks to build, Cho said they are now moving faster, although the exact timeframe depends on what modifications are made to the design.
DSME is also said to be building three Triple-E ships for Hong Kong Asset Management, while Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is constructing more of the huge ships for China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Co. (UASC).
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