Maersk Congo
Maersk Congo is one in the series of the 22 highly sophisticated; energy saving WAFMAX vessels A. P. Moller Maersk in 2008 ordered for its Africa-Far East Container Service at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea.
NAVTEAM secured, in close corporation with Japan Radio Co. Ltd., and Yokogawa, the order for a full Navigation and Communication package for this massive series of vessels, which is believed to be the longest series of identical Container vessels ever build. The vessels delivery started in April 2011 and last vessel in the series will commence service in early 2013.
The vessels are trading between the West African ports of Tema, Abidjan and Apapa, and the Far East ports of Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Ningbo and Busan. The vessels are the largest vessels to enter the West African ports, and are the most fuel efficient vessels on the Asia-Africa trade.
Vessel particulars
| Name of the ship | MAERSK CONGO |
| Type of ship | Container ship |
| DWT | 61614 tons |
| Year of build | 2011 / 08 |
| Yard / hull number | 2344 |
| Maximum speed (Kn) | 21.5 |
| Overall length (m) | 249.00 |
| Overall beam (m) | 37.40 |
| Maximum draught (m) | 12.50 |
| Maximum TEU capacity | 4500 |
| Builder | HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES - ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA |
| Flag | Singapore |
| Class society | American Bureau of Shipping |
| Owner | A.P. Moller Maersk - Singapore |
Equipment list
The vessels are equipped with the following scope of supply from JRC & Yokogawa
| JMA-9100 series | S-band and X-band radars |
| JAN-901 series | Dual ECDIS |
| JAN-2000 | Conning display |
| JHS-182 | AIS |
| JLN-550 | Dual axis Speed log |
| JFE-680 | Dual Echo sounder |
| JLR-7800 | Dual DGPS with route transfer to ECDIS |
| JCY-1800 | VDR with active Remote Maintenance server |
| CMZ-900D | Dual Gyro system |
| PT-500 | Autopilot system |
| JSS-296 | GMDSS MF/HF radio station |
| NCR-333 | GMDSS NAVTEX |
| JHS-780D | GMDSS Duplex VHFs |
| JUE-85 | GMDSS dual Inmarsat C |
| JUE-95 | SSAS |
| JUE-500 | Inmarsat Fleet broadband |
| JHS-7 | GMDSS H/H VHF |
| ACR-2874 | GMDSS EPIRB |
| ACR-2714 | GMDSS SART |
| JAX-9B | Weather Facsimile |
| GP-340 | Work UHF radios |
| Openport | Iridium Openport |