Skagen Maersk survives huge waves at the Indian Ocean | Maersk

What happens when Skagen Maersk hits very stormy weather at the Indian Ocean? Nothing. Because the vessel twists, bends and turns!
Explore how incredible strong Skagen Maersk is when it hits huge waves at the Indian Ocean, and be glad that you are not a captain in this stormy weather!

Maersk vessel named Skagen Maersk was built in 1999 and has home port in the Danish town Skagen. Skagen Maersk is a vessel in the Sovereign Maersk Class and has a length of 347 meters and deadweight of 110,000 tons!

FUN FACTS about Skagen Maersk:
· Skagen Maersk has the same amount of horsepower as 63,000 horses
· Skagen Maersk can contain what equals to approximately 397 Airbus 380’s
· Skagen Maersk can carry 652,800 washing machines

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[wim]

Nice movie! I show it to my students to explain how flexible a ship is. Hogging, sacking, twisting. Thanks for posting.

[Bloodgod]

Ships are supposed to do this. If they were completely rigid and could not flex, they would quickly fatigue and break in half.

[michaelmoran]

I saw this on my first containership I sailed on called ACT 7

[thorwilliams]

so, where were the big waves? Looks like a typical monsoon season crossing.