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Earth-class container ship

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Hyundai Mars as MSC Mars on Western Scheldt.
Class overview
BuildersDaewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
OperatorsHMM
In service2016–present
Planned6
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage110,632 GT
Length324 m (1,063 ft)
Beam48.4 m (159 ft)
Draught15.5 m (51 ft)
Capacity10,077 TEU

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.

List of ships

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Zodiac Maritime - Fleet List". zodiac-maritime.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "HMM chartering six 10,000 TEU container vessels | Marine Offshore Technology". marineoffshoretechnology.net. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "HMM Vessel Fleet". HMM. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Hyundai Earth (9725110)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Hyundai Mars (9725122)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hyundai Jupiter (9725134)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Hyundai Saturn (9725146)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Hyundai Neptune (9725158)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Hyundai Pluto (9725160)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.