London-class container ship
Appearance
MSC Venice in the port of Antwerp
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Class overview | |
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Builders | STX Offshore & Shipbuilding |
Operators | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
In service | 2014-present |
Planned | 6 |
Building | 0 |
Completed | 6 |
Active | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Container ship |
Tonnage | 176,490 GT |
Length | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
Beam | 54 m (177 ft) |
Draught | 16 m (52 ft) |
Capacity | 16,652 TEU |
The London class is a series of 6 container ships built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 16,652 TEU.[1] The ships were built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in South Korea.
Four of the ships are owned by Zodiac Maritime.[2] The remaining two are owned by Eastern Pacific Shipping. The ships are chartered to MSC[3]
List of ships
Ship | Yard number | IMO number | Delivery | Status | ref |
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MSC London | 1527 | 9606302 | 10 Jul 2014 | In service | [4] |
MSC New York | 1528 | 9606314 | 20 Oct 2014 | In service | [5] |
MSC Istanbul | 1529 | 9606326 | 15 Jan 2015 | In service | [6] |
MSC Amsterdam | 1530 | 9606338 | 15 Apr 2015 | In service | [7] |
MSC Hamburg | 1551 | 9647461 | 26 Oct 2015 | In service | [8] |
MSC Venice | 1552 | 9647473 | 25 Jan 2016 | In service | [9] |
See also
References
- ^ "Our Fleet of Vessels | MSC". www.msc.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "Zodiac Maritime - Fleet List". www.zodiac-maritime.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC takes on charter, new 15,908-TEU Istanbul from Korea's STX". SeaNews Turkey| International Shipping Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC London (9606302)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC New York (9606314)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC Istanbul (9606326)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC Amsterdam (9606338)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC Hamburg (9647461)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "MSC Venice (9647473)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2020-08-12.