Maersk C-class container ship

The C class is a series of 8 container ships built for Maersk Line. The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark and have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 9,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). ^[1]

Cornelia Maersk in the Port of Aarhus
Class overview
Builders	Odense Steel Shipyard
Operators	Maersk Line
In service	2000–present
Planned	8
Completed	8
Active	8
General characteristics (Upgraded)
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	92,198 GT
Length	346.98 m (1,138.4 ft)
Beam	42.8 m (140 ft)
Draft	15 m (49 ft)
Capacity	9,640 TEU
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	91,921 GT
Length	346.98 m (1,138.4 ft)
Beam	42.95 m (140.9 ft)
Draft	14.5 m (48 ft)
Capacity	8,650 TEU

The last three ships were built with a slightly different design compared to the first five. Overall they are slightly wider and were built with a slightly taller bridge.

Between 2011 and 2016, five of the ships were upgraded at the Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry shipyard in China.^[2]

List of ships

Ship	Previous names	Yard number	IMO number	Delivery	Status	Notes	ref
MSC NICOLE X	A.P. Moller (2000-2024)	L177	9214898	8 Jun 2000	In service	Upgraded	[3]
MSC JASMINE X	Caroline Maersk (2000-2024)	L178	9214903	4 Sep 2000	In service	Upgraded	[4]
MSC DENISSE X	Carsten Maersk (2000-2024)	L179	9219795	17 Nov 2000	In service	Upgraded	[5]
Chastine Maersk		L180	9219800	3 Feb 2001	In service	Upgraded	[6]
Charlotte Maersk		L181	9245744	22 Mar 2002	In service	Upgraded	[7]
Cornelia Maersk		L182	9245756	12 Jun 2002	In service		[8]
Columbine Maersk		L183	9245768	4 Sep 2002	In service		[9]
Clementine Maersk		L184	9245770	7 Nov 2002	In service		[10]

See also

• Maersk Triple E-class container ship
• Maersk E-class container ship
• Maersk H-class container ship
• Maersk Edinburgh-class container ship
• Gudrun Maersk-class container ship
• Maersk M-class container ship