Designers decided that this power is not enough for the ship and added a waste heat recovery system, which increased the power to 90,000 kW.

The ship is registered in the port of Roskilde, Denmark in spite of higher taxes.

The company is investing in home country taxes and prefers to use the home flags, despite lower restrictions of convenient flags' countries.

Edith Maersk was built by the Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark and was handed over to the A.P.

Moller – Maersk Group on Saturday 3 November 2007.