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==The largest==
==The largest==
At nearly the length of four [[American football|football]] fields laid end to end, the MSC Oscar has a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of 16 meters.
At nearly the length of four [[American football|football]] fields laid end to end, the MSC Oscar has a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of 16 meters; it can carry the equivalent to 39,000 cars or more than 120 million pairs of sneakers.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 09:06, 8 April 2015

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MV MSC Oscar arriving at the Port of Rotterdam
History
NameMSC Oscar
OwnerMediterranean Shipping Company
OperatorMediterranean Shipping Company
Port of registryPanama Panama[1]
Completed2015
IdentificationIMO number9703291[1]
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage197,362 DWT
Length395.4 m (1,297 ft)
Beam59 m (194 ft)
Installed power16 mW (2.1×10−5 hp)[2]
Speed22.8 kn (42.2 km/h; 26.2 mph)[2]
Capacity19,224 TEU
Crew35[2]

MSC Oscar is the largest container ship in the world (as of January 2015).[3][4] Christened on 8 January 2015, the MSC Oscar assumed the title from the CSCL Globe inaugurated in November 2014.[5]

Name

The Oscar takes its name from the son of Diego Aponte, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) president and chief executive.[2]

Construction

Oscar was build by Daewoo in South Korea for $140m.[2]

The largest

At nearly the length of four football fields laid end to end, the MSC Oscar has a draft of 16 meters; it can carry the equivalent to 39,000 cars or more than 120 million pairs of sneakers.

References

  1. ^ a b "MSC OSCAR". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Parkinson, Justin (11 March 2015). "On board the world's biggest ship". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ^ "MSC Oscar". MSC. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ^ Stromberg, Joseph (8 January 2015). "The MSC Oscar just became the world's biggest container ship". Vox (website). Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. ^ Stackhouse, Laura (13 January 2015). "The MSC Oscar has already stolen the CSCL Globe's 'biggest ship' title". Marine Trader Online. Retrieved 13 January 2015.