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 | 2006-04-14 |
| Christened | 2006 |
| Completed | 2006 |
| 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)Error: has synonymous parameter (help) |
| Draft | 12 m (39 ft)Error: has synonymous parameter (help) |
| Depth | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Ice class | E Germanischer Lloyd |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × B&W 7K98MCC diesels combined 39,352 kilowatts (52,772 hp)* |
| Speed | 24-knot (44 km/h; 28 mph)* |
| Capacity | 4865 TEU |
The MS 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's.
References
- ^ ""MSC Geneva" un gigant "născut" la Marea Neagră" (in Romanian). Telegraf Online. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2009-02-15.