AP Moller-Maersk has taken delivery of the 18,270-TEU Triple E-class vessel, the Majestic Maersk, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea.

As the world's largest container ship, measuring 399 metres in length, she follows sister ship, the Maersk McKinney Moller, which was delivered on June 28. The third vessel in the series is the Mary Maersk to be delivered in mid-September.

The three Triple E-class vessels were ordered in two phases in February and June 2011, and are the first ships to be built out of a planned class of 20 identical vessels.

A report by Alphaliner said the Majestic Maersk made her maiden voyage on the Asia-Europe AE-10 service on August 12 at Busan in South Korea. She replaces the 13,092-TEU Elba Maersk and sets in motion a round of cascades as the Elba Maersk joins the AE-2 loop, replacing the 8,400-TEU Maersk Tukang, which is due to join Maersk's Far East-US East Coast TP-7 service via Suez in September.

It said the TP-7 will continue to absorb 8,000+ TEU ships, cascaded from the Far East-Europe trades, which will replace ships ranging in size from 5,400-6,500 TEU.(Source:Seanews)