We haven’t had a Maersk ship in a while. The last one that I’m aware was #10241-1: Maersk Line Triple E which was from 2014. 12 years later we have #40955-1: Maersk Dual-Fuel Container Vessel. This one released on 1 March 2026 and contains 1,516 pieces. It retails for $149.99 which puts it at $0.099 per piece. Right below that ten cents per piece point that someone came up with and we all stick to for some reason.
The box shows the build on the front and then some extra details on the back. The set has the Maersk logos and is not an 18+ set. It’s listed as 12+ which is interesting.
The box is different from what we’re used to. The top comes off and the bottom holds all the bags. The parts bags were all paper except for the one that wasn’t numbered which was still plastic. The stickers and instructions were in a paper bag too.
The instruction book starts with some information about the ship and then throughout there are a few pictures showing how the build compares to the actual ship.
The stickers aren’t too bad, but as you’ll see, a few get applied to curved slopes and the large sticker for the display stand is not fun to attach.
There isn’t a lot of excitement in the build at the start. Bags one and two build the hull. You can see the spots where the stand connects to the hull later on.
Bag three starts to build up the aft section of the ship and you can see the propeller is attached.
Bag four adds in the engine.
Bags five and six continue to build up the hull. Bag six adds the curve to the front of the ship.
Bag seven starts to add the sections that will support all of the containers. It was built earlier, but in this picture you can see how the build includes some clear window pieces on the hull so you can see the engine.
Bag eight finalizes where the containers will go and splits them up with fence pieces.
Bag 10 starts to build the containers. This section of the build starts to get repetitive as you build similar stacks of containers and place them at different points on the ship. Thankfully, the containers are not stickers and instead you have printed tiles on the side of each stack showing the different containers.
Bag 11 adds in the smokestack in the rear of the ship.
Bags 12 and 13 are combined to build more stacks of containers. Again, it’s very repetitive to make these so get ready.
Bag 14 builds the front of the ship where the crew quarters are located. Interestingly, you build a small kitchen area and a navigation area, but those sections are massively out of scale considering the size of the ship. Thankfully, the set comes with a large printed wall piece for the front part which is great. However, the windows on the top mast are stickers. I wasn’t a fan as they are not as big as the pieces they go on so you have to try and space them evenly. Also, you can see there is a curve which does not make it easy to handle with a sticker.
Bags 15 and 16 are combined to finish up all the containers.
Bag 17 builds the display stand where you get to try and place the large sticker. Why couldn’t they have printed this piece like they do for some other sets now?
Here’s the final build. I think the only reason I got it was because I have the #10155-1: Maersk Line Container Ship from 2010 and the Triple-E set mentioned earlier so now I’ll have three from across 16 years. I have the Maersk Cargo Train as well, but that’s not a ship and is minifigure scale. Would I recommend this one? Hard to say. The build was not very exciting, but it is cool to see how the model compares to the actual ship. The pricing isn’t the greatest, but it is also out for less than a year so I suspect there won’t much a high chance of grabbing it on sale. Get it with a GWP or maybe double insider points if you are looking to pick it up before it retires.
Happy building!
