The Marit Maersk is 42.80 meters wide, and according to data issued by the shipping company has a load capacity of 7,000 TEU, as well as 544 connections for refrigerated containers (reefers). Published data from the shipping information service Alphaliners gives the ship's load carrying capacity as 110,000 tons and its maximum draught as 15.5 meters. Alphaliners also states that the Marit Maersk is fitted with a main engine made by Wärtsilä-Sulzer which has an output of 68,640 kilowatts and permits a service speed of 24 knots. Based on Alphaliners' calculations, its container slot capacity amounts to approximately 10,000 TEU.
The Marit Maersk visited the Port of Hamburg on the occasion of a one-off transfer trip in the Maersk shipping company's AE-1 service between Europe and the Far East. The ship proceeds from Hamburg by way of the Suez Canal to Southeast Asia. It is expected to arrive in Singapore on March 9. After that, the bright blue juggernaut will continue its operations in the trans-Pacific service between Asia and North America.