Earth-class container ship
Class of container ship
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The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years.[1][2] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 10,077 TEU.[3] The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.
Hyundai Mars as MSC Mars on Western Scheldt. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering |
| Operators | HMM |
| In service | 2016–present |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Active | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | 110,632 GT |
| Length | 324 m (1,063 ft) |
| Beam | 48.4 m (159 ft) |
| Draught | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
| Capacity | 10,077 TEU |
List of ships
| Ship | Previous names | Yard number | IMO number | Delivery | Status | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Earth | Hyundai Earth (2016–2017) MSC Earth (2017–2020) |
4290 | 9725110 | 21 January 2016 | In service | [4] |
| Hyundai Mars | Hyundai Mars (2016–2017) MSC Mars (2017–2020) |
4291 | 9725122 | 26 February 2016 | In service | [5] |
| Hyundai Jupiter | Hyundai Jupiter (2016–2017) Maersk Suzhou (2017–2020) |
4292 | 9725134 | 21 March 2016 | In service | [6] |
| Hyundai Saturn | Hyundai Saturn (2016–2017) MSC Saturn (2017–2020) |
4293 | 9725146 | 16 May 2016 | In service | [7] |
| Hyundai Neptune | Hyundai Neptune (2016–2017) Maersk Shanghai (2017–2020) |
4294 | 9725158 | 29 June 2016 | In service | [8] |
| Hyundai Pluto | Hyundai Pluto (2016–2017) Maersk Shenzen (2017–2020) |
4295 | 9725160 | 6 July 2016 | In service | [9] |