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.
 MSC Geneva
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| History | |
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| 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 | 16 April 2006 |
| Christened | 2006 |
| Completed | 2006 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Containership |
| Tonnage | 54,549 DWT |
| Length | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Beam | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Depth | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Ice class | E Germanischer Lloyd |
| Propulsion | 1 × B&W 7K98MCC diesel 39,352 kW (52,772 hp) |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Capacity | 4865 TEU |
References
edit- ^ ""MSC Geneva" un gigant "născut" la Marea Neagră" (in Romanian). Telegraf Online. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2009-02-15.