Page 11: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (July 2011)

Rickmers Takes Delivery of 13,100 TEU PairAnother naming ceremony for two 13,100TE containerships being built for the Rickmers Group took place in lateMay at the lsan shipyard of yundai eavy Industries. Tauro Rickmers and Libra Rickmers are the final two in an eight-ship series being built for the am- burg shipowner for long-term charter to Maersk Line. The pair were christened by family friends of Rickmers Group ChairmanBertram Rickmers. Mrs. Antoinette ornig named Tauro Rickmers while Mrs. Elke charfe named Libra Rick- mers. A wiss citizen and a mother of seven children, Mrs. ornig is married to Pro- fessor Dr. Carsten ornig of the Israelite ospital in amburg and is a supporter of both the board of members of theFrench chool in amburg and the com- mittee of uman Rights Watch. Mrs. charfe was born in amburg and lives now with her husband Rolf charfe in amburg Blankenese. Mrs. charfe es- tablished her own non-profit association amburger inderwnsche in 200. This organisation cares for seriously ill chil- dren during their clinical treatment at theniversity Medical Center amburg-Ep- pendorf. Following the ceremony, Tauro Rick- mers was renamed Maersk Evora and sailed to Busan to commence loading forEurope on Maersk?s AE2 service. At the end of July, yundai is due to deliver Libra Rickmers, which under the nameMaersk Essex should start loading in Busan on July 30, also for Europe on theAE2 service.Containers are carried 1-wide below deck and 1-wide on the hatchcovers. The maximum capacity of each ship is,0TE on deck and 6,018TE below deck, making 13,100TE in total. Based on a homogeneous container weight of1 tons per TE, the maximum capacity is approximately ,080TE. Reefer plugs are available for 800 x 0 ft. con- tainers.Each ship is powered by a single yundai-Wrtsil 12RT-flex6C main engine weighing over 2,000 tons and de- veloping 68,60 kW (MCR) at 102 rpm and 61,6kW (NCR) at 8. rpm. Five 2,00 kW diesel generators are installed. Although designed for a service speedof 2.33 knots, the flex-engines still achieve 21. knots at 60 of the engine?s normal output but can also slow steam as required under charterers? current service patterns, generating substantial fuel sav- ings. July 2011www.marinelink.com 11Captain Wojciech Kucz, the master of Maersk Elba, had the honor of show-ing Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, around his vessel in the Port of Gdansk. Maersk Elba is the biggestcontainership ever to call in a Polish port.