Name MSC Bruxelles Yard number 1511 Length 337 m | Port of registry Monrovia, Liberia Completed November 2005 Builder Samsung Heavy Industries | |
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Owner Santa Loretta Shipping Corp Operator Redeerei Claus-Peter Offen BmbH & Co | ||
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MSC Bruxelles is one of the largest container ships in the world. This ship is owned by Santa Loretta Shipping Corp.
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MSC Bruxelles was built by Samsung Heavy Industries in yard 1511 and was finished in November 2005. This dry cargo container ship is operated by Redeerei Claus-Peter Offen BmbH & Co and the Port of Registry is located in Monrovia, Liberia. MSC Bruxelles has a length of 337m, a beam of 46m, a draught of 15m, and a depth of 27m.
MSC Bruxelles is powered by a MAN-B&W 12K98MC-C, 2 stroke 12 cylinder engine, capable of producing 68,520 kW, or 93,159 hp driving one fixed pitch propeller.
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According to Tribune Business News this ship is 217 feet longer and 50 feet wider than the aircraft carrier Yorktown. When docking in the Port of Charleston, it showed the future of ships and shipping. Big ships and bigger ships are to come to this industry. MSC Bruxelles docked in Hampton Roads the councilman commented "There is no room for error anymore. You've got to be right on." Councilman continues to comment that this ships record won't last. Finally he comments that the bigger the ships the more jobs that we are creating for our economy.