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MSC Oscar
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MSC Oscar, and sister ships MSC Zoe and MSC Oliver, are large container ships.[5][6] Christened on 8 January 2015, MSC Oscar was recognised as the largest container ship in the world; until then CSCL Globe, inaugurated in November 2014, had been the largest.[7]
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![]() MV MSC Oscar arriving at the Port of Rotterdam | |
History | |
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Name | MSC Oscar |
Owner | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
Operator | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) |
Cost | US$140 million |
Completed | December 2014 |
Identification | IMO number: 9703291[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Olympic class Container ship |
Tonnage | 197,362 DWT |
Length | 395.4 m (1,297 ft) |
Beam | 59 m (194 ft) |
Draught | 16 m (52 ft) |
Ice class | none |
Installed power | MAN B&W 11S90ME-C two-stroke diesel engine; output: 62.5 MW (83,800 hp)[2] |
Propulsion | Single five-blade propeller; blade length: 10.5 m (34 ft)[2] |
Speed | 22.8 kn (42.2 km/h; 26.2 mph)[3][4] |
Capacity | 19,224 TEU |
Crew | Max 35[3] |
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