Shipspotters #37; Eugen Maersk weekend!

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Marc Turner   Ferry Digital Photography Group

1st of a series of 3 videos filmed over a weekend to record one of the largest ships to berth at Felixstowe - this covers the Eugen Maersk's arrival.
When Eugen Maersk entered service in 2008 she was one of the world's largest ships - a 15,500 TEU Maersk E-class, 398 metres overall. She's since been overtaken by the CMA-CGM Marco Polo class, carrying up to 16.020 TEU although slightly shorter at 295 metres, and by Maersk Lines own Tripe-E class Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, 399 metres longer, with a capacity of 18,270 TEU.

But Eugen Maersk is the first of this class to enter Felixstowe for some time, and it looks as if she's collecting some of the many empty Maersk containers which have built up at the port over past months, as imports have vastly outnumbered returned boxes.

Part 2 of our Eugen Maersk weekend, working containers alongside Felixtowe's Trinity Terminal, filmed on Saturday 20th July 2013.
Final part of our Eugen Maersk trilogy, as she sails from the Port of Felixstowe this misty Sunday morning, 21st July 2013.