The largest ever ship on the Thames is arriving this Sunday


The largest ship ever to enter the Thames is due to call at DP World London Gateway at the weekend, with estimated time of arrival in the early hours of Sunday morning, October 19.
The 397-metre-long, 56-metre-wide Edith Maersk has a draught of 16 metres and can carry up to 15,500 standard containers.


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Port NameTerminal NameArrival DateDeparture DateVoyage Number
RotterdamAPM Terminals Rotterdam08 Oct 2014 15:3009 Oct 2014 10:551409
BremerhavenNTB North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven10 Oct 2014 11:3012 Oct 2014 09:061408
HamburgEurogate Container Terminal Hamburg12 Oct 2014 23:1513 Oct 2014 23:121408
AntwerpDeurganck Terminal Quays 1732-174215 Oct 2014 14:0016 Oct 2014 13:301409
FelixstoweFelixstowe Trinity Terminal17 Oct 2014 07:0018 Oct 2014 16:001409
London GatewayLondon Gateway UK19 Oct 2014 06:0019 Oct 2014 22:001409
Suez CanalCanal Zone Terminal25 Oct 2014 19:0026 Oct 2014 17:001409
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As the UK’s new deepwater container port welcomes one of the largest containerships in the world, photographers and journalists are welcome to witness this record-breaking event.
Contact Xavier Woodward, Marketing & Communications Manager, DP World London Gateway, to make arrangements.
DP World London Gateway will be setting up a time-lapse recording of the Edith Maersk’s arrival at the port and of unloading/loading operations, and a video will be available for downloading on Sunday evening.
Source: DP World London Gateway
Not sure about the unloading bit of this ship as it is leaving Felixstowe 75% full and topping up with empties at Gateway before heading back to the far east.


Largest ship to sail on Thames reaches London Gateway

Container ship Edith Maersk at London GatewayThe ship was carrying retail goods such as clothes and electronics


The largest ever ship to enter the River Thames has arrived.
The 397m (1,300ft) long, 56m (180ft) wide ship can carry up to 15,500 containers and is the second largest container ship in the world.
Called Edith Maersk, it docked at 06:00 BST at London Gateway having sailed from the Far East. It is due to set sail again later.
It is the biggest ship to stop at the deep water dock, which opened last year after a £1.5bn build.
Located 20 miles (32km) down the River Thames from London in Essex, it is one of three docks in the UK which is capable of handling the large container ships, known as Triple-E. The other two are Felixstowe and Southampton.

Following the arrival of Edith Maersk, which was carrying goods such as clothes and electronics, it is hoped that many more large container ships will use the dock.


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  1. Topping up with the empties that the cranes at Felixstowe couldn't load due to their height.....

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  2. What a bell end▲▲

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  3. Wow that was some comeback...... ▲▲

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    1. Is this not your wake up call ! You don't have the height to meet the vessels loading demands. Good effort though lads!! haha.

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    2. Your knowledge of felixstowe humbles me..
      October last year the triple E majestic maersk was worked and I personally loaded boxes
      10 high on a deck and could have gone 11 high...

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    3. Your knowledge of this ship makes my brain hurt...... She only goes 9 high on deck you simpleton! Get your facts straight before you start showing yourself for the knuckle-dragger you are!

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    4. •Stackweight limit: Each vessel has a limit to the number of containers that can be stacked on top of each other. The Triple-E can be loaded with a maximum of 11 containers below the deck and 10 containers on deck. However, containers should not obstruct the view from the bridge.

      http://www.maersk.com/en/hardware/triple-e/the-triple-e-a-larger-than-life-puzzle

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    5. Well done, that's the triple-e, this ship is not...... She's the e class......

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    6. I loaded boxes 10 high on the very aft hatch of the majestic maersk.
      So yes this experienced knuckle dragging simpleton knows what he's on about.

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  4. As far as I was aware Felixstowes cranes are able the fully service these vessels.

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  5. F.S.R Berths 8 & 9 and the now under construction berth 10 can take the Triple E Maersk ships.

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    1. So why did she go to gateway to load empties?

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  6. Edith Maersk is a E class vessel, sister ship of Emma Maersk and these ships have been serviced at Felixstowe for sometime without issues.

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    1. So explain why she's going to London Gateway then?

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  7. I'm guessing London Gateway has a load of empties which needs getting rid but who knows.

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    1. Empties that came from Felixstowe on the vessel that called at gateway just before her. Would like to hear the lads from Felixstowe's explanation of that one?

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  8. London gateway is a joke ,i suppose there be promotional videos of the hairdresser and her mates driving the cranes to show how equal opportunity's work ,also hear rumors of the banks pulling the money out of the new cranes on order for berth 3 until they actually get more than five small ships a week and actually start to make a profit ,im sure that no shipping company's will pull out from felixstow as there new berth is more than adequate to unload the triple e class with ease,and they have the proper skilled labour not university graduates that are there to fill a void until they can complete there courses ,why would the leave there with all the infrastructure and go to a place run by inexperienced people who most of them have never seen a winter on a ship in the cold whilst out rigging ,how many of them will survive through till February before they relise a office job is the better option ,a docker is a hardened breed who works all kinds of weather and shifts .As a previous post said is LONDON GATEWAY a big white elephant .

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    1. At least with their university education they can spell and use grammar.......

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    2. You keep telling yourself that dude.

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    3. you must be on drugs! do you really not think that this ship and the last few are testers sent up the river by Maersk, yes there are a few inexperienced workers at LGW but did you come out of your mothers womb a crane driver? no didnt think so, we all have to start somewhere. LGW will be a power house given a bit of time. Felixstowe needs to wake up. I do believe gateway has won awards for its truck turn around times and rail head so we really must be doing very badly indeed............

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  9. Seems like Gateway have been feeding the BBC news a load of bullshit if you read the news report.

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  10. Keep deleting my comments if you want, I'll keep posting them.

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  11. Are you sure your not using Felixstowe as a scapegoat for your poor performances? Got to be one of the easiest ways to cover your arses,blaming others

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    1. What poor performance is that then? Don't think we hear any of the shipping lines complaining, or the hauliers about turn around time. You try working a vessel with upside down twist locks and see how good you do!

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    2. How did you get on with the Edith did you manage more than 12 moves an hour this time

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    3. A lot more than that but thanks for asking. It would have helped if the dockers in Felixstowe acted like adults and didn't deliberately mess around with all the twistlocks. But it's what we have come to expect from them.... C'est la vie!

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  12. All very boring now! Felixstowe bitching about Gateway, it's called competition / business. All should mature and except that life changes sometimes for the better and sometimes for worse. There is more to life than this.

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  13. The winds a blowin'............LGway operating as normal ship & landside, Felixstowe closed and likely to be so all day

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  14. Now Now boys . Grow up

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