On the tug 'Svitzer Shotley', making her way to the bow of 'Eleonora Maersk' to do the necessary to get her off the berth..
1,302 feet (398 metres)(aprox) in length, 184 feet (56 metres) in breadth and with a carrying capacity of 160,000 tons in circa 15,000 containers.
The 'Eleonora Maersk's prime mover.
A proper engine, some 2,500 tons in total weight, and this is only the very top of it - the top plates & exhaust valve platform.
There's another three 'floors' of engine below this view and one of the largest engines ever produced.
Wärtsilä 14RT Flex96c, Originally producing 80,080 KW or 109,000 shp for 25.5 knots m.c.r.
A proper engine, some 2,500 tons in total weight, and this is only the very top of it - the top plates & exhaust valve platform.
There's another three 'floors' of engine below this view and one of the largest engines ever produced.
Wärtsilä 14RT Flex96c, Originally producing 80,080 KW or 109,000 shp for 25.5 knots m.c.r.
30/09/2016, sailing from Felixstowe, from the tug 'Svitzer Shotley'.
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