MSC Beatrice
 MSC Beatrice | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MSC Beatrice |
| Owner: | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. |
| Operator: | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. |
| Port of registry: |
 Panama |
| Builder: | |
| Yard number: | 1709 |
| In service: | 2009 - present |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 14,000 TEU Class |
| Type: | Container ship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 366.1 m (1,201 ft) |
| Beam: | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Draught: | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 72.240 kW MAN B&W 12K98MCC |
| Speed: | 25.2 kn (46.7 km/h; 29.0 mph) |
| Capacity: | |
| Crew: | 30 |
MSC Beatrice is one of the largest container ships in the world. She has a maximum capacity of 13,798 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), or 10,500 TEU (14t each) and is 366 meters (1,200 ft) long.[1] Because of her size the deckhouse was moved forward. This solution increases container capacity as well as improves torsional strength[2]
She is the second of eight MSC Daniela class vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries,[3] with another four class vessels ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a company spun-off from Daewoo in 2000.
Despite her larger claimed capacity, MSC Beatrice is neither the longest container ship in the world, nor does it have the largest tonnage. With a length of nearly 400 meters (1,312 ft), the Triple E class Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is the longest container ship in the world, but Maersk, her Danish owners, using a different basis of calculating capacity, initially only claimed a 13,500 TEU, but now list a container carrying capacity of 18,000 TEU.[4] The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is the first of a class of 20 identical Triple E vessels.
Sister Ships
| Built | Ship Name | Shipyard | Hull Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | MSC Daniela | Samsung | 1708 |
| 2009 | MSC Beatrice | Samsung | 1709 |
| 2009 | MSC Danit | Daewoo | 4135 |
| 2009 | MSC Camille | Daewoo | 4136 |
| 2009 | MSC Kalina[5] | Samsung | |
| 2009 | MSC Bettina | Samsung | 1711 |
| 2009 | MSC Irene | Samsung | 1712 |
| 2009 | MSC Emanuela | Samsung | 1713 |
| 2009 | MSC Eva | Samsung | 1714 |
| 2009 | MSC Gaia | Samsung | 1715 |
| 2010 | MSC Melatilde | Daewoo | 4138 |
| 2010 | MSC Paloma | Daewoo | 4139 |
References
- ↑ Containership-Info: MSC Beatrice
- ↑ D. Tozer and A. Penfold: Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS)
- ↑ Wright, Doug (13 April 2009). "MSC provides a rich variety of tonnage". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ↑ "Triple-E Class Container Ships". ship-technology.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcaptain/3460863833/ Photo of MSC Kalina