Odense Steel Shipyard
Native name
Odense Staalskibsværft
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1917
FounderA.P. Møller
Defunct12 January 2012 (2012-01-12)
Headquarters,
Denmark
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsCargo ships
Tankers
Tugboats
Bulk carriers
Container ships
Gas carriers
Roll-on/roll-off boats
Frigates
ParentA.P. Moller – Maersk Group
DivisionsLindø Industrial Park
Lindø Shipyard
Footnotes / references
[1]

Odense Steel Shipyard (Danish: Odense Staalskibsværft) was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense. It was best known for building container ships for its parent group, A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, including the Mærsk E class in 2006 which at the time were the biggest container ships in the world. The global financial crisis led to Maersk announcing its closure in 2009 and the last new ship was delivered in January 2012.

Company history

The first yard was opened in 1918–1919 by the A.P. Møller company. A new yard with bigger and better facilities was constructed 1957–1959 on a new site located in Munkebo a few kilometres outside Odense proper. Odense Steel Shipyard was the largest yard within the Odense Steel Shipyard Group, which also consisted of two yards and an engineering company, all situated in the Baltic. The yard was known for designing and building innovative vessels that applied the newest technology in design and equipment.

Since 1996 the Yard built some of the world's largest container ships; including the Mærsk E-class with a nominal capacity of 15,550 TEU (originally declared as 11,000 TEU), the highest equivalent number of any vessel as of today.[2] However, Maersk chose Daewoo to build its latest and largest design, the Triple E class with a nominal capacity of 18,000 TEU, as the Asian shipyard was more competitive.[3]

Ship bell and Lindø Yard name-plate onboard HDMS Esbern Snare (L17).

The original shipyard remained in operation until 1966, when all operations were transferred to the new site. Unlike the modern shipyard, the old yard produced civilian and merchant vessels only. Its first completed ship was cargo steamship Robert Mærsk, completed in 1920. Its last production was Yard No. 177, the bulk carrier Laura Mærsk.[4]

The new Odense Steel Shipyard (the "Lindø" Yard)

The new shipyard originally had two building docks, No. I and II (300 × 45 × 7.5 metres each), allowing the construction of tankers of up to 100,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT). The yard was enlarged in 1967 to include a new very large building dock, No. III (415 × 90 metres), and an 800-ton, 95-metre tall, 148.5-metre span gantry crane, allowing the construction of tankers in the VLCC and ULCC class. The largest construction planned on the yard was two 500,000 DWT tankers, but this order was later cancelled. From the 1960s until 1977, the yard only constructed oil tankers (no larger than 330,000 DWT) as well as bulk carriers. The first RO-RO ship was built in 1979, and the first container ship in 1980. In December 1992, the yard completed the world's first 300,000 DWT double-hull tanker. In January 1996 they delivered its first Post-Panamax container ship. On 3 December 1999 the gantry crane collapsed after a hurricane in the building dock and damaged the ship No.170 Cornelius Mærsk, which was nonetheless was repaired and delivered two months later. MAN Takraf of Leipzig, Germany, delivered a new 1,000 ton, 110-metre tall gantry crane in April 2001.

The collapse in world shipping as a result of the 2009 Global Recession led Maersk to announce in January 2009 that Odense would concentrate on smaller ships[5] but in May 2009 they announced that they would be closing the yard altogether and putting Baltija Shipbuilding Yard in Lithuania up for sale.[6] The last newbuild from Lindø was No.714 Niels Juel, a frigate for the Royal Danish Navy, which was delivered in January 2012.

After yard closure

After the closure of the yard in 2012, the site has been transformed to an industrial park housing a large number of companies within the offshore sector; the Lindoe Offshore Renewables Centre. Most companies work with production, storage and discharge of large components for offshore and heavy industries. The area of more than 1,000,000 square metres (11,000,000 sq ft), of which 166,000 square metres (1,790,000 sq ft) is under roof, combined with the gantry crane and the harbour area makes it ideal for handling heavy industry.[7][8]

In 2016 elements of the yard Odense Maritime Technology (OMT ) were proposing the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates for the Procurement programme of the Royal Australian Navy's frigates, but built in Australia.[9]

List of ships built at Lindø

No.TypeNameCompanyTonnageLaunched
1TankerT S Petersen29,5869 March 1962
2TankerOtto N Miller29,58622 August 1962
3TankerAngelo MaerskA P Moller31,9412 March 1963
4TankerElmer R Peterson30,1658 June 1963
5TankerPeter MaerskA P Moller31,97914 December 1963
6TankerRoy G Lucks30,29815 May 1964
7TankerPrima MaerskA P Moller33,0181 September 1964
8TankerK H Crandall30,29812 December 1964
9TankerSeven Skies52,62918 April 1965
10TankerA P MollerA P Moller52,6733 September 1965
11TankerJakob MaerskA P Moller48,2528 January 1966
12TankerJane MaerskA P Moller42,6145 April 1966
13TankerEli MaerskA P Moller52,60221 June 1966
14TankerFerncrest52,51017 September 1966
15TankerFerncastle52,51019 October 1966
16TankerNordhav52,6647 January 1967
17TankerLeise MaerskA P Moller44,90511 March 1967
18TankerNaticina60,70310 June 1967
19TankerLouis MaerskA P Moller44,8967 July 1967
20TankerEvelyn MaerskA P Moller53,22714 October 1967
21TankerStavik52,02216 December 1967
22TankerMarinula988764 May 1968
23TankerElisabeth MaerskA P Moller53,22719 March 1968
24TankerDirch MaerskA P Moller103,14824 August 1968
25TankerMitra98,87623 November 1968
26TankerDorthe MaerskA P Moller103,14819 April 1969
27TankerEvginia Chandris103,14819 April 1969
28TankerHamilton Lopes62,6194 October 1969
29TankerHorta Barbosa62,61911 October 1969
30TankerEsso CopenhagenEsso Transport Co.112,76312 December 1969
31 ?
32TankerEsso SkandiaEsso Transport Co.112,76317 April 1970
33TankerTexaco DenmarkTexaco125,42414 August 1970
34TankerRegina MaerskA P Moller143,68822 May 1971
35TankerTexaco CopenhagenTexaco125,42427 November 1970
36TankerTexaco NorwayTexaco125.47419 February 1971
37TankerRasmine MaerskA P Moller143,68610 September 1971
38TankerRosa MaerskA P Moller143,68626 November 1971
39TankerArietta Livanos129,26012 February 1972
40TankerEugenie Livanos129,26022 April 1972
41TankerRoy MaerskA P Moller143,68630 June 1972
42TankerRichard MaerskA P Moller143,68629 September 1972
43TankerRomo MaerskA P Moller143,6863 December 1972
44TankerTorill Knudsen141,87310 February 1973
45TankerRania Chandris142,0554 May 1973
46TankerRas MaerskA P Moller143,1226 July 1973
47TankerRobert MaerskA P Moller143,12229 September 1973
48TankerAtlantic Emperor128,3987 December 1973
49TankerAtlantic Empress128,39916 February 1974
50TankerKristine MaerskA P Moller167,2048 May 1974
51TankerKatrine MaerskA P Moller167,20410 August 1974
52TankerLimatulaRoyal Dutch Shell160,42019 October 1974
53TankerLingaRoyal Dutch Shell160,42020 December 1974
54TankerLiparusRoyal Dutch Shell160,42028 February 1975
55TankerLimneaRoyal Dutch Shell160,42023 May 1975
56TankerKirsten MaerskA P Moller167,20719 August 1975
505TugMaersk BattlerA P Moller4998 October 1975
506TugMaersk BeaterA P Moller49910 November 1975
57TankerKaroline MaerskA P Moller167,20724 October 1975
58TankerKate MaerskA P Moller167,20730 January 1976
59TankerLimopsisRoyal Dutch Shell160,4237 May 1976
60TankerLyriaRoyal Dutch Shell160,42027 August 1976
507TugMaersk BlazerA P Moller49812 November 1976
508TugMaersk BlowerA P Moller49823 December 1976
509TugMaersk BoulderA P Moller49411 February 1977
510TugMaersk BreakerA P Moller49411 February 1977
61/1TankerKarama MaerskA P Moller167,72711 February 1977
61/2TankerNora MaerskA P Moller36,22010 September 1977
62/1TankerKaren MaerskA P Moller167,72710 June 1977
62/2TankerNiels MaerskA P Moller39,33212 December 1977
63/2TankerNelly MaerskA P Moller39,33215 May 1978
63/3TankerNicoline MaerskA P Moller39,33216 June 1978
69Bulk carrierTorm HerdisDampskibsselskabet Torm26,71228 October 1977
70Bulk carrierTorm HelvigDampskibsselskabet Torm26,71221 January 1978
71Bulk carrierTorm HildeDampskibsselskabet Torm26,71228 April 1978
72Bulk carrierTorm HeleneDampskibsselskabet Torm26,71225 August 1978
64/2TankerNele MaerskA P Moller39,33220 October 1978
64/3TankerNicolai MaerskA P Moller39,2809 February 1979
73Cargo RO-ROEleo MaerskA P Moller21,7998 December 1978
74Emma MaerskA P Moller21,79923 March 1979
75Estelle MaerskA P Moller21,7993 August 1979
76Emilie MaerskA P Moller21,7993 August 1979
77Evelyn MaerskA P Moller21,79912 October 1979
78Cargo RO-ROElisabeth MaerskA P Moller21,7992 February 1980
79Tug/supply shipMaersk RetrieverA P Moller1,59312 October 1979
80Tug/supply shipMaersk RunnerA P Moller1,5932 February 1980
81Tug/supply shipMaersk RulerA P Moller1,59228 March 1980
82Tug/supply shipMaersk RangerA P Moller1,59228 March 1980
833,300 TEU 1980–1982
Maersk L-class container
Laura MaerskA P Moller30,6949 July 1980
84Leise MaerskA P Moller30,69419 September 1980
85Lexa MaerskA P Moller30,69416 January 1981
86Lica MaerskA P Moller30,69420 March 1981
87Leda MaerskA P Moller30,69420 November 1981
88Luna MaerskA P Moller36,98822 January 1982
89Gas carrier (LPG)Sally MaerskA P Moller14,06215 April 1981
90Gas carrier (LPG)Svendborg MaerskA P Moller14,0623 July 1981
91Gas carrier (LPG)Susan MaerskA P Moller14,0624 September 1981
92Gas carrier (LPG)Svend MaerskA P Moller14,0622 April 1982
93/1Tug/supply shipMaersk RoverA P Moller1,5932 April 1982
93/2Tug/supply shipMaersk RiderA P Moller1,5932 April 1982
94Bulk carrierElsam JyllandElsam71,5601 August 1982
95TankerDirch MaerskA P Moller51,8383 November 1982
96Bulk carrierElsam FynElsam71,5604 February 1983
97TankerDorthe MaerskA P Moller51,83822 April 1983
98TankerDagmar MaerskA P Moller51,83822 September 1983
99ContainerRegina MaerskA P Moller36,98810 July 1983
1003,000 TEU 1983–1984
Maersk L-class container
Laust MaerskA P Moller40,3662 December 1983
101Louis MaerskA P Moller43,43117 February 1984
102Lars MaerskA P Moller43,43111 May 1984
103Louis MaerskA P Moller43,43117 February 1984
104TankerOlga MaerskA P Moller14,10217 February 1984
105TankerA P MollerA P Moller28,01031 August 1984
106TankerEmma MaerskA P Moller28,0101 March 1985
107TankerEvelyn MaerskA P Moller28,01010 May 1985
108TankerThyra TormDampskibsselskabet Torm28,01723 September 1985
109TankerTorm GunhildDampskibsselskabet Torm4 April 1986
110Cargo RO-ROSea Wolf34,31827 October 1984
111Cargo RO-ROAmerican Hawaii34,31821 December 1984
112Cargo RO-ROAmerican Michigan34,31811 July 1985
113TankerRobert MaerskA P Moller16,2823 May 1986
114TankerRas MaerskA P Moller16,2828 August 1986
115TankerRomo MaerskA P Moller16,28219 September 1986
116Tug/supply shipMaersk MasterA P Moller3,94931 January 1986
117Tug/supply shipMaersk MarinerA P Moller3,94931 January 1986
118TankerRita MaerskA P Moller16,28214 November 1986
119TankerRasmine MaerskA P Moller16,28230 November 1986
120ContainerMcKinney MaerskA P Moller43,43212 November 1985
121TankerEstelle MaerskA P Moller27,99726 June 1987
122TankerEleo MaerskA P Moller27,9974 September 1987
1234,400 TEU 1988–1991
Maersk M-class container
Marchen MaerskA P Moller52,19112 February 1988
124Marit MaerskA P Moller52,19117 June 1988
125Margrethe MaerskA P Moller52,19128 February 1988
126Majestic MaerskA P Moller52,18115 February 1990
127Marie MaerskA P Moller52,1818 June 1990
128Magleby MaerskA P Moller52,18110 October 1990
129Mette MaerskA P Moller52,19124 February 1989
130Mathilde MaerskA P Moller52,19123 June 1989
131Maren MaerskA P Moller52,19127 October 1989
132McKinney MaerskA P Moller52,1811991
133Madison MaerskA P Moller52,1818 May 1991
134Mayview MaerskA P Moller52,1814 September 1991
1351,550 TEU 1991–1992
Maersk C-class container
Chastine MaerskA P Moller16,9821 November 1991
136Charlotte MaerskA P Moller16,9828 January 1992
137Cornelia MaerskA P Moller16,98221 February 1992
138Clifford MaerskA P Moller16,9823 April 1992
139Clara MaerskA P Moller18,97927 May 1992
140Christian MaerskA P Moller18,97917 July 1992
141TankerEleo MaerskA P Moller158,4758 November 1992
142TankerElisabeth MaerskA P Moller158,47512 March 1993
143TankerEmma MaerskA P Moller158,4752 July 1993
144TankerEstelle MaerskA P Moller158,47522 October 1993
145TankerEllen MaerskA P Moller158,4751 April 1995
146TankerEvelyn MaerskA P Moller158,47528 June 1995
147Order cancelled
148TankerSuhail Star159,22217 June 1994
149TankerGemini Star159,2221 October 1994
150TankerAlphard Star159,41723 December 1994
1511,600 TEU 1993–1994
Maersk C-class container
Caroline MaerskA P Moller20,8427 December 1993
152Claes MaerskA P Moller20,84226 January 1994
153Cecilie MaerskA P Moller20,8426 March 1994
1546,000 TEU 1995–1997
Maersk K-class container
Regina MaerskA P Moller81,48818 November 1995
155Knud MaerskA P Moller81,4889 March 1996
156Kate MaerskA P Moller81,48821 June 1996
157Karen MaerskA P Moller81,4884 October 1996
158Katrine MaerskA P Moller81,4883 January 1997
159Kirsten MaerskA P Moller81,4884 April 1997
1606,600 TEU 1997–1998
Maersk S-class container
Sovereign MaerskA P Moller91,56031 July 1997
161Susan MaerskA P Moller91,56024 October 1997
162Sally MaerskA P Moller91,56023 January 1998
163Sine MaerskA P Moller91,56024 April 1998
164Svendborg MaerskA P Moller91,56014 August 1998
598TugFrejaA P Moller32323 May 1998
599TugFriggaA P Moller32322 August 1998
1656,600 TEU 1998–2000
Maersk S-class container
Sofie MaerskA P Moller91,56030 October 1998
166Svend MaerskA P Moller90,50329 January 1999
167Soro MaerskA P Moller90,56023 April 1999
168Skagen MaerskA P Moller90,56028 July 1999
169Clifford MaerskA P Moller90,5608 October 1999
170Cornelius MaerskA P Moller90,5604 February 2000
1713,700 TEU 2001
Maersk L-class container
Laura MaerskA P Moller50,72131 March 2001
172Laust MaerskA P Moller50,7211 April 2001
173Leda MaerskA P Moller50,72119 June 2001
174Lexa MaerskA P Moller50,72117 August 2001
175Lica MaerskA P Moller50,72128 September 2001
176Luna MaerskA P Moller50,7219 November 2001
1776,600 TEU 2000–2002
Maersk C-class container
A P MollerA P Moller91,56020 April 2000
178Caroline MaerskA P Moller91,5607 July 2000
179Carsten MaerskA P Moller91,5606 October 2000
180Chastine MaerskA P Moller91,56025 December 2000
181Charlotte MaerskA P Moller91,56025 January 2002
182Cornelia MaerskA P Moller91,92112 April 2002
183Columbine MaerskA P Moller91,921
184Clementine MaerskA P Moller91,9212 October 2002
1856,600 TEU 2003–2004
Maersk A-class container
Axel MaerskA P Moller93,469
186Anna MaerskA P Moller93,469
187Arnold MaerskA P Moller93,469
188Arthur MaerskA P Moller93,469
189Adrian MaerskA P Moller93,469
190Albert MaerskA P Moller93,469
191Support shipAbsalon (L16)Danish Navy6,30025 February 2004
192Support shipEsbern Snare (L17)Danish Navy6,30024 June 2004
1933,700 TEU 2004–2005
container
Lars MaerskA P Moller50,6572004
194Safmarine NomazweA P Moller50,6572004
195Safmarine NokwandaA P Moller50,6572005
196Dal Kalahari50,6572005
1977,000 TEU 2005–2006
Maersk D-class container
Gudrun MaerskA P Moller97,9332005
198Grete MaerskA P Moller97,9332005
199Gunvor MaerskA P Moller97,9332005
200Gjertrud MaerskA P Moller97,9332005
201Gerd MaerskA P Moller97,9332006
202Georg MaerskA P Moller97,9332006
20311,000 TEU 2006–2008
Maersk E-class container
Emma MaerskA P Moller170,7492006
204Estelle MaerskA P Moller170,7492006
205Eleonora MaerskA P Moller170,7492007
206Evelyn MaerskA P Moller170,7492007
207Ebba MaerskA P Moller170,7492007
208Elly MaerskA P Moller170,7492007
209Edith MaerskA P Moller170,7492007
210Eugen MaerskA P Moller170,7492008
2117,000 TEU, 2008–2009
Maersk M-class container
Margrethe MaerskA P Moller98,2682008
212Marchen MaerskA P Moller98,2682008
213Maren MaerskA P Moller98,2682008
214Mette MaerskA P Moller98,2682008
215Marit MaerskA P Moller98,2682009
216Mathilde MaerskA P Moller98,2682009
217Ro-RoMaas VikingEpic Shipping3,663 lane meters2009
218Ro-RoHumber VikingPacific Basin3,663 lane meters2009
219Ro-RoWessexEpic Shipping3,663 lane meters2010
220Ro-RoStrait of MessinaPacific Basin3,663 lane meters2011
221Ro-RoMerciaEpic Shipping3,663 lane meters2010
222Ro-RoCragsideYard completion (Epic Shipping)
transferred to The Maersk Company Ltd, 2011
3,663 lane meters2010
223Bulk carrierAquamarineCarras Hellas182,060 dwt2009
224Bulk carrierAquaprincessCarras Hellas182,060 dwt2009
225Bulk carrierAquadivaCarras Hellas182,060 dwt2010
226Bulk carrierAquavictoryCarras Hellas182,060 dwt2010
227Bulk carrierOrder cancelledCarras Hellas
228Bulk carrierOrder cancelledCarras Hellas
231Bulk carrierEpicNereus Shipping (Lemos)182,060 dwt2010
232Bulk carrierHeroicNereus Shipping (Lemos)182,060 dwt2010
233Ro-RoStrait of MagellanPacific Basin3,663 lane meters2011
234Ro-RoBering StraitPacific Basin3,663 lane meters2012
714Iver Huitfeldt-class frigateIver Huitfeldt (F361)Danish Navy6,64521 January 2011
715Peter Willemoes (F362)Danish Navy6,64523 June 2011
716Niels Juel (F363)Danish Navy6,64512 January 2012

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