Name MSC Oscar Cost $140m Identification IMO number 9703291 Draft 16 m | Port of registry Panama Completed 2015 Length 395 m | |
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Operator Mediterranean Shipping Company Owner Mediterranean Shipping Company Builder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | ||
Msc oscar largest container ship in the world
MSC Oscar, and sister ships MSC Zoe and MSC Oliver, are large container ships. Christened on 8 January 2015, MSC Oscar was recognised as the largest container ship in the world; until then CSCL Globe, inaugurated in November 2014, had been the largest.
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- Name
- Construction
- Number of containers
- Propulsion
- Sister ships
- References
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Name
MSC Oscar takes her name from the son of Diego Aponte, the president and chief executive of owner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
Construction
MSC Oscar was built by Daewoo in South Korea for US$140m.
Number of containers
The ship was first planned for 18,400 TEU. Upon completion of construction the capacity was 19,224 TEU, including the capacity for 1,800 refrigerated containers. As the deadweight tonnage of the ship is 197,362 DWT, she can only carry a full load of containers if each has a mean weight not exceeding 10.2 tonnes. With average 14-tonne containers, the capacity is around 14,000 TEU.
Propulsion
The vessel's main engine is a two-stroke MAN Diesel 11S90ME-C diesel engine, which has a height of 15.5 m (51 ft), a length of 25 m (82 ft) and a breadth of 11 m (36 ft). The engine has a maximum continuous rating of 62.5 MW (83,800 hp) at 82.2 rpm and a normal continuous rating of 56.25 MW (75,430 hp) at 79.4 rpm.
Sister ships
