H-class container ship

The H class is a class of container ships operated by the Danish shipping company Maersk Line. The ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard located in Ulsan, South Korea.

The ships are each 353 m long and 53.5 m wide. The ship has 21 container bays and can carry a maximum of 21 TEU containers wide on deck. They are not designed with a specific speed and draft in mind and thus can be deployed on both east-west and north-south maritime routes.

The first nine ships were ordered by Maersk in 2015. In 2018 Maersk announced it had ordered two additional ships from the same shipbuilder.

2018 Maersk Honam fire
On 6 March 2018, a large fire broke out in one of the cargo holds of the Maersk Honam. It took more than three days to get the fire under control and the ship continued to burn for several more days. Four crew members died and one more was reported missing. The ship was salvaged and the damaged parts of the vessel were rebuilt. The ship was renamed Maersk Halifax before entering into service again.

Attack on Maersk Hangzhou
On 30 December 2023 Maersk Hangzhou was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by Houthi forces, attempting to board the vessel. Personnel aboard the ship repelled the attack and with the aid of the United States Navy, drove off the attackers.