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MÆRSK POST 3/2005 Published by A.P. Moller - Maersk, Copenhagen Editor: Gitte Knudsen e-mail: [email protected] Printers: From & Co. Layout: Yellow Pencil Copies: 12,700 Danish, 45,800 English Cover: SAFMARINE CAMEROUN entering the terminal in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Local correspondents: AUSTRALIA: Jo-Ann O'Brien BANGLADESH: M. Shamimul Huq BENELUX: Ruud Bijkerk EGYPT: Nahia Abdel Aziz FRANCE: Isabelle Campello GERMANY: Marc Fritzsche INDIA: Munmun Sinha INDONESIA: Callum Sinclair ISRAEL: David Rosen WE ARE ALL AFFECTED by and take an interest in the environment surrounding us- KOREA: Christine Y. Park MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG: the air, water and earth, with many rules laid down by national and international Jens Eskelund authorities. MALAYSIA: Loo Sook Yee On the oceans we operate about 1,000 vessels, platforms and drilling rigs, NORDIC AND BALTIC: Henrik Wem half of which are owned. As a large fuel-consuming company it is a considerable NIGERIA: Timothy Alamu challenge to include protection of the environment as a natural and important NORTH AMERICA: John Heenehan part of our strategy. PHILIPPINES: Ruben S. Fajardo Across the Group, in our shipping and oil and gas activities, we endeavour SINGAPORE: Sonny Zin to use environment-friendly methods and products. Maersk Olie og Gas AS SOUTH AFRICA: Anchin Dersley participates in environmental analysis and development work in collaboration SOUTH AMERICA: Rosi Cordeiro with authorities and suppliers, while the majority of our different shipping SPAIN: Javier Lopez activities have been environmentally certified. The rest are actively engaged in TAIWAN: Rita Tuan becoming so. THAILAND: Terdtoon Thaisriwichai A permanent task force works with ideas for environmental measures for our TURKEY: Mert Erkal UNITED KINGDOM: Emily Messinger vessels, both above and below sea level. More than 100 ideas have been SAFMARINE: Victor Shieh conceived so far and several of them have already been implemented. In this NORFOLKLINE: Berna Yilmaz issue of Mærsk Post you can read about the most recent deliveries from Lindø, MÆRSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI: designed to give the environment the greatest possible consideration. These Heidi Hansen provide a reasonable head start with regard both to present and foreseen ROSTI: Mette Andreasen international statutory requirements. ROULUNDS: Lone Rosager The fact that our company is distinctive and visible emphasises the THE LINDØ YARD: importance of being abreast of developments. Steen Schougaard Christensen SVITZERWIJSMULLER: Michael Eiwert Volume 44, No. 3 September 200s Moreover, let me take this opportunity to welcome our new employees from ISSN Kerr-McGee and Royal P&O Nedlloyd to the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Reproduction permitted only after agreement with the editor. Jess Søderberg 2869 At the namegiving ceremony the Sponsor of CRETE MÆRSK Kirsten Bendtsen surrounded by from the left: Torben Anker Sørensen, Odense Steel Shipyard, Bendt Bendtsen, Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Captain Henrik Larsen and Jess Søderberg. Namegiving of GRETE MÆRSK ON WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST 2005 Odense Steel the next pages.The choice of materials for the ves- Shipyard presented its latest newbuilding for the sel as well as the interior is of the highest quality A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Kirsten Bendtsen, ac- based on Danish design. companied by her husband, Bendt Bendtsen, Danish With its 12-cylinder diesel engine from HSD- Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, honoured Wärtsilä Sulzer, which develops 93,000 BHP, GRETE A.P. Moller - Maersk and the yard by naming new- MÆRSK will enter Maersk Sealand's worldwide liner building L 198 CRETE MÆRSK. service after delivery. GRETE MÆRSK is the second in a new series of GRETE MÆRSK is registered in Copenhagen and updated container vessels produced with exten- will be commanded by Captain Henrik Larsen with sive automation as well as new, environmentally Karl Johan Frigaard as Chief Engineer. friendly initiatives as described in the article on 2871 tern", says Tim Krarup Sørensen from Technical Two Environment- Organisation. The system reuses excess heat from the exhaust and thus generates energy that can be used to propel the vessel via the shaft engine or as Friendly Ladies general energy supply on-board. In that way fuel consumption is reduced by approximately 10%, re- sulting in a corresponding reduction of the emis- GUDRUN MÆRSK and GRETE MÆRSK are the latest additions to a new generation sion of harmful particles and CO2, SOx and NOx of environment-friendly Post Panamax container vessels designed to show the gases. "The system actually makes the vessel cap- greatest possible consideration for their surroundings. The two vessels were able of functioning without auxiliary engines for longer periods", Krarup Sørensen adds. delivered to A.P. Moller - Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard during the summer. The electronically operated main engine is among the most powerful diesel engines in the world, with a GUDRUN MÆRSK, the first vessel in the series, has performance of approximately 93,000 bhp. It is con- been developed with new, more stringent legis- nected to a turbo generator plant, the Waste Heat Re- lative requirements, present and future, in mind. covery System, consisting of a large return flow boiler, A.P. Moller - Maersk added a number of require- a gas turbine and a da mpturbine.Together they drive ments to further reduce the impact of container a generator supplying power for the vessel's own transport on the environment. consumption and/or to the shaft engine and thus for the propulsion of the vessel. The gas turbine is Utilisation of Waste Heat supplied with exhaust gas directly from the main "One of the things that really make a difference is engine and contributes approximately 30% of the the implementation of a Waste Heat Recovery Sys- total energy to the Waste Heat Recovery System. have been equipped with a separate fuel system Length: enabling them to carry low-sulphur fuel", Krarup 367.28 metres Sørensen says and adds: "The flexibility of the elec- Beam: 42.8 metres tronic main engine also provides improved utilisa- Deadweight: tion of fuel at various speeds compared with con- 115,000 tons ventional main engines". GUDRUN MÆRSK and GRETE Main engine: MÆRSK can transport a full twenty foot container Wärtsilä Sulzer HSD about 35 km on one litre of fuel. CRETE MÆRSK departing from the Odense Steel Shipyard i2RTflexg6 in August 200s. Performance: 68,640 kW And What about the Exterior The environment has been taken into account out- Auxiliary engines: 3 x Wärtsilä 32 Green Reefers and Protected Oil Tanks side the engine room as well. All major surfaces have Performance: Cooling of the vessel's reefer containers has also been been covered with paint with a reduced solvent 10,800 kW reconsidered. Usually cooling involves significant content, and the antifouling paint is tribultyltin Damp and gas energy consumption, and it therefore made sense (TBT) free. The application of this paint has not be- turbines: to Odense Steel Shipyard to develop, together with come easier, but the reduced solvent content Brotherhood A.P. Moller - Maersk, a method where reefer con- makes it more pleasant to work with. Performance: 6,000 kW tainers are cooled by water, reducing energy con- sumption by 15-20% per reefer container. "The type Accommodation Shaft generator/ of reefer containers from Mærsk Container Industri The accommodation resembles that on previous ves- engine plant: Siemens that are suitable for the water cooling system are sels delivered to Maersk Sealand, but it has grown - Performance: made to be energy-saving", Tim Krarup Sørensen even though neither GRETE MÆRSK nor GUDRUN MÆRSK 2,000 kW/6,000 kW adds. are to be training vessels. But the crew liked the IT For protection against a potential oil spill in case of collision or grounding, the fuel tanks are placed in the centre of the double hull, protected and away from the plating of the vessel. This vessel design WHR exceeds the existing rules for tanker vessels and System overview IMO's draft rules for protected fuel tanks. The IMO regulations will apply to vessels contracted after 1 August 2007 and delivered after 1 August 2010. On GUDRUN MÆRSK and her sister vessels all tanks containing anything but clean water are placed in the centre of the double hull. In this case also, these vessels go further than existing and future IMO regulations.The ballast tanks can be flushed at sea - rules for this are expected to become operative in 2009. With the discharge water treatment it is believed that the best possible cleaning by means of known technology has been obtained.The proced- ure is carried out to protect against the exchange of microorganisms in the seawater. café which makes it possible for them to keep in touch with family and friends at home on a daily More Stringent Environmental Requirements basis. The remaining part of the accommodation is A.P. Moller - Maersk has for a while and wherever similar to that of the A series: Room for 15 crew possible used fuel with a low sulphur content. From members and guests and the bridge provided with May next year the so-called SOx Emission Control the latest equipment within navigation and com- Areas (SECA) will be introduced, making the use of munication - and with a view! low-sulphur fuel (max. 1.5%) a requirement when The two sister vessels have entered the Europe/Far navigating in special zones such as the Baltic and East/Europe route via Suez to Malaysia, Hong Kong, The English Channel. "The vessels in the G-series Japan and China, among others. DANMARK veteran and Proud History with the United States former U.S. Coast Guard The fate of war served to give DANMARK and the Commandant Admiral United States a special bond.The ship was on a rou- James S.