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Maersk Dual-Fuel Container Vessel

A sixty-centimetre cargo ship that trades clever engineering for pure display presence.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 40955 · 2026

Pieces1,516

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number40955

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The verdict

Maersk hasn't shown up in LEGO® form in twelve years, so a returning fan base was always going to have feelings about this one.

The finished ship is genuinely impressive, sixty centimetres of hull with 22 removable containers that click on like game cartridges. It won me over as a shelf piece, but the build itself is flatter than the price suggests, and the switch from trademarked Maersk Blue to medium azure still stings for longtime collectors. If you love ships or shipping logistics, you'll be delighted. If you want a puzzle, look elsewhere.

Best for: Ship lovers and maritime nerds who want a big display model, not a tricky build

The full review

What it is

After a twelve year gap, LEGO and Maersk are back together, and this 1,516 piece set recreates the Ane Maersk, the world's first large methanol-ready container ship. That real-world backstory matters here, because this is a set that leans hard on what it represents. The finished model stretches a full sixty centimetres, sits on a sturdy stand with a printed name plate, and carries 22 removable cargo containers stacked across its deck. When it's done and up on a shelf, it genuinely looks the part, long and low and unmistakably a working ship. If you have any love for the sea, ports, or the strange romance of global shipping, this set is speaking your language.

The catch

Here's where I have to be straight with you. The build does not match the display payoff. The first bags lay down the hull, and it's mostly plates and stacking bricks, sturdy but not exciting, with none of the sideways trickery or satisfying lock-together moments that make a big set sing. Then you hit the containers. There are 22 of them and they are identical, and you build them one after another in a stretch that reviewers across the board called tedious. It's the kind of repetition that turns a relaxing evening into a chore. At $149.99 for 1,516 pieces the value is fair rather than generous, and the colour choice stings too. The company's trademarked Maersk Blue didn't come back, replaced by medium azure, and for fans who remember the older ships that swap feels like losing a bit of the soul.

Who it's for

So who should grab it? Ship people. Maritime hobbyists, folks who watch container vessels slide into port, anyone who wants a big, handsome model boat on the shelf and doesn't much care whether the journey there was clever. Those buyers will love it, and the playable container-loading feature is honestly good fun. Skip it if you build for the engineering, because the hull and the endless containers will test your patience long before you reach the display stand. It's a niche set, and it knows it. But within that niche, it delivers something a lot of collectors have quietly wanted for over a decade, and there's real warmth in seeing Maersk sail back into the catalogue at all.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build runs in clear stages. Bags 1 to 3 lay down the underside of the hull, mostly plates and stacking bricks stabilised into a long spine. Bag 4 gives you the main engine, bag 5 handles the topsides and the two slide-out accommodation ladders, bag 6 shapes the bow, and bag 7 reinforces the hull and adds deck fixtures. It's steady, sensible construction with a nice payoff when the microscale bridge opens to reveal the crew cabin. Then come the containers, in bags 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16, and this is where pacing falls apart. Twenty-two identical units, built one after the next, each slotting onto the deck like a cartridge into a console. Bag 17 finishes the display stand, which holds the whole thing rock steady.

The headline story here is printing over stickering. The whole set has just 14 stickers, and every one of the 22 containers wears printed side tiles instead, which is a real gift on a model that could easily have drowned you in decals. Inside the bridge you get lovely little printed touches, a compass and, my favourite, a fried egg in a pan tucked into the tiny cabin next to a bunk and a toilet. Medium azure is the dominant colour rather than the trademarked Maersk Blue, a swap that generated real debate, though it does put a big pile of azure elements in your collection. At $149.99 for 1,516 pieces, roughly ten cents a part, the value is respectable, and those printed container tiles are where most of that money quietly went.

Fun facts

01The real Ane Maersk arrived in 2024 as the world's first large methanol dual-fuel container ship, and can carry 16,592 twenty-foot containers.
02This is the first LEGO Maersk collaboration in twelve years, following the 10241 Maersk Line Triple-E back in 2014.
03LEGO and Maersk first teamed up over four decades ago with the 220-piece 1650 Maersk Line Container Ship.
04For the first time on a Maersk ship set, the model uses medium azure rather than the shipping company's own trademarked Maersk Blue, which fans noticed immediately.