Saturday, September 17, 2016

Maersk Sealand Container

A scratch built 45' Maersk Sealand container on a modified SAR SML-J flat wagon.

One huge 45' Maersk Sealand scratch 
built container made its appearance 
today on a modified SAR SML-J 
flat wagon. 
Now to find a crane to unload this beast 
or to offload the contents manually.

One huge 45' Maersk Sealand scratch
built container made its appearance
today on a modified SAR SML-J 

flat wagon.

In the Fitment Shop - new brake
wheels and shunter steps to be fitted
on both sides of this modified
SML-J flat wagon.

Tools of the trade - Angle grinder, 
Arc welder and Oxygen 
Acetylene Set. (Photoshop)

New brake wheels and shunter steps
fitted on both sides of this modified
SML-J flat wagon.

New brake wheels and shunter steps 
fitted on both sides of this modified 
SML-J flat wagon.

The shortened SML-J flat wagon. 

Maersk Line is the global container division and the largest operating unit of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. It is the world's largest container shipping company having customers through 374 offices in 116 countries. It employs approximately 7,000 sea farers and approximately 25,000 land-based people. Maersk Line operates over 600 vessels and has a capacity of 2.6 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit). The company was founded in 1928.


Load bearing of container stacking is
at the 40-foot corner stone couplings.

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