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CMchecks the vital statistics of the world's longest container ship You may have heard of the giant new container ship, the MS Emma Maersk. power-hungry operators might care to note that it is propelled by the world's most powerful reciprocating engine, the Wartsila 14RT-f lex 96C from Finland. We're talking 14 pots with a bore and stroke of 960x2,500mm giving a swept volume of 25,333 litres. Running at a heady 102rpm the Emma Maersk develops 106,920hp, with slightly less than 7.5 million Nm of torque. The exhaust gas, and there must be a lot of it, drives the Economiser a steam-powered generator that provides on-board electricity and powers two additional drive shafts. The electronically controlled common-rail fuel injection system would be recognisable to an automotive engineer, but don't get excited about sticking one in your 44-tonner. At 25.9m its a bit longer than a 60-tonne Scandinavian B-double, and it weighs in at 2,300 tonnes, The good news for hauliers is that the Emma Maersk can accommodate 11,000 20ft containers that's 5,500 artic