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Maersk is building the world's biggest container ships, the Triple-Es. The first of two propellers has now left Hamburg as very special cargo bound for an Asian shipyard, where the vessels are being built. And when we say big, we mean really big …
With a diameter of 10m and weighing about 70 tonnes, the giant, four-bladed propeller for the first Triple-E was loaded onto Maersk Salalah. Two of these propellers will provide the thrust for the 400-metre-long Triple-Es.
The propellers take 10 minutes to cast but 10 days to cool. The first Triple-E vessel will be delivered in July, 2013.
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