H-class container ship

The H class is a class of container ships operated by the Danish shipping company Maersk Line. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard located in Ulsan, South Korea.

Maersk Hidalgo in the port of Trieste
Class overview
Builders	Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea
Operators	Maersk Line
In service	2017–present
Planned	11
Completed	11
Active	11
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	153,774 GT
Length	353 m (1,158 ft 2 in)
Beam	53.5 m (175 ft 6 in)
Draft	15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Depth	29.9 m (98 ft 1 in)
Capacity	15,226 TEU

The ships are each 353 metres (1,158 ft 2 in) long and 53.5 metres (175 ft 6 in) wide. The ship has 21 container bays and can carry a maximum of 21 TEU containers wide on deck. They are not designed with a specific speed and draft in mind and thus can be deployed on both east-west and north-south maritime routes.^[1]

The first nine ships were ordered by Maersk in 2015. In 2018 Maersk announced it had ordered two additional ships from the same shipbuilder.^[2]

Service history

2018 Maersk Honam fire

See also: Maersk Honam § 2018 fire

On 6 March 2018, a large fire broke out in one of the cargo holds of the Maersk Honam. It took more than three days to get the fire under control and the ship continued to burn for several more days. Four crew members died and one more was reported missing.^[3][4] The ship was salvaged and the damaged parts of the vessel were rebuilt. The ship was renamed Maersk Halifax before entering into service again.^[4]

Attack on Maersk Hangzhou

Main article: Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou

On 30 December 2023 Maersk Hangzhou was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by Houthi forces, attempting to board the vessel. Personnel aboard the ship repelled the attack and with the aid of the United States Navy, drove off the attackers.^[5]

List of ships

Ship name	Yard number	IMO number	Delivered	Status	Ref.
Maersk Hong Kong	2871	9784257	6 July 2017	In service
Maersk Horsburgh	2872	9784269	11 August 2017	In service	[6]
Maersk Honam now Maersk Halifax	2873	9784271	31 August 2017	In service	[7]
Maersk Hidalgo	2874	9784283	16 October 2017	In service	[8]
Maersk Hanoi	2875	9784295	6 January 2018	In service	[9]
Maersk Hangzhou	2876	9784300	5 February 2018	In service	[10]
Maersk Hamburg	2877	9784312	1 May 2018	In service	[11]
Maersk Herrera	2878	9784324	31 July 2018	In service	[12]
Maersk Havana	2879	9784336	4 January 2019	In service	[13]
Maersk Huacho	3040	9848948	15 April 2019	In service	[14]
Maersk Houston	3041	9848950	15 May 2019	In service	[15]