The Estelle Mærsk is 1,302.5 feet (397.0 m) long and has a gross tonnage of 151,687.

A coat of environmentally safe silicone paint is used on the hull below the waterline, reducing drag and thus increasing speed and saving up to 1,200 tons of fuel per year.

Estelle Mærsk was built by Odense Steel Shipyard of Denmark in 2006.

[2] Mærsk claim that these technologies, and staying below 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) whenever possible, reduce emissions by around 25% compared to other ships.

[1] An older ship of the same name was attacked with rocket propelled grenades by Iranians near Dubai in 1987,[3] many years before the current Estelle was built.