Jump to content

Collision of MSC Prestige and MV Samco Europe

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lyndaship (talk | contribs) at 16:50, 3 January 2019 (WP:NPOV). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

MSC Prestige was a container ship (IMO 9321029) that collided with a large tanker MV Samco Europe, off the Red Sea traffic separation scheme of Bab-el-Mandeb on 7 December 2007.

Both the vessels suffered severe damage at their bows and had to undergo major repairs.

An official report was compiled. [1]

The vessel was subsequently renamed MOL Prestige

Type of ship : Cellular Container IMO Number: 9321029 Flag: Panama MMSI Number: 351861000 Length: 292.0m Beam: 40.0m Callsign: 3EGH8

References

  1. ^ "Report of safety investigation" (PDF). bea-mer.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collision_of_MSC_Prestige_and_MV_Samco_Europe&oldid=876652308"