MSC Geneva

The MSC Geneva is a container ship built in 2006 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.. She is the first ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered.[1] The 54,549 DWT ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU.

MSC Geneva
History
Name: MSC Geneva
Owner: Reederei NSB, Buxtehude,  Germany
Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Port of registry: Hamburg,  Germany
Ordered: 2004
Builder: Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, Mangalia
Yard number: 4,052
Laid down: 2005
Launched: 2006-04-16
Christened: 2006
Completed: 2006
Identification:
Status: in service
General characteristics
Class and type: Containership
Tonnage: 54,549 DWT
Length: 275 m (902 ft)
Beam: 32 m (105 ft)
Draught: 13.5 m (44 ft)
Draft: 12 m (39 ft)
Depth: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Decks: 1
Ice class: E Germanischer Lloyd
Propulsion: 1 × B&W 7K98MCC diesel 39,352 kW (52,772 hp)
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Capacity: 4865 TEU

References

  1. ""MSC Geneva" un gigant "născut" la Marea Neagră" (in Romanian). Telegraf Online. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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