Earth-class container ship

The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years.^[1][2] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 10,077 TEU.^[3] The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.

Hyundai Mars as MSC Mars on Western Scheldt.
Class overview
Builders	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Operators	HMM
In service	2016–present
Planned	6
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	110,632 GT
Length	324 m (1,063 ft)
Beam	48.4 m (159 ft)
Draught	15.5 m (51 ft)
Capacity	10,077 TEU

List of ships

Ship	Previous names	Yard number	IMO number	Delivery	Status	ref
Hyundai Earth	Hyundai Earth (2016–2017) MSC Earth (2017–2020)	4290	9725110	21 January 2016	In service	[4]
Hyundai Mars	Hyundai Mars (2016–2017) MSC Mars (2017–2020)	4291	9725122	26 February 2016	In service	[5]
Hyundai Jupiter	Hyundai Jupiter (2016–2017) Maersk Suzhou (2017–2020)	4292	9725134	21 March 2016	In service	[6]
Hyundai Saturn	Hyundai Saturn (2016–2017) MSC Saturn (2017–2020)	4293	9725146	16 May 2016	In service	[7]
Hyundai Neptune	Hyundai Neptune (2016–2017) Maersk Shanghai (2017–2020)	4294	9725158	29 June 2016	In service	[8]
Hyundai Pluto	Hyundai Pluto (2016–2017) Maersk Shenzen (2017–2020)	4295	9725160	6 July 2016	In service	[9]

See also

• HMM Algeciras-class container ship
• Nuri-class container ship
• Dream-class container ship
• Together-class container ship