''MSC Maya'' is one of the world's largest container ships, built in 2015. The cargo ship has capacity for 19,224 TEU.

Design

''MSC Maya'' was built in 2015 in

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by yard number 4280. The container ship has overall length of , moulded beam of , boards depth of and maximum draft of . The deadweight of container ship ''MSC Maya'' is , the gross tonnage is and the net tonnage is . With such dimensions, the vessel has capacity to carry 19,224 TEU.

Engine equipment

The main engine on board of ''MSC Maya'' is 2-stroke 11-cylinder diesel engine MAN B&W 11S90ME-C10, which has total output power of 67,100 kW / 83,780 hp. The vessel is driven by one fixed-pitch five-blades propeller with a diameter of 10.5 m (34.5 ft). Additionally, for easier maneuvering while at port, the ultra large container carrier is equipped with two bow thrusters. All these propulsion systems allow the cargo ship to operate with service speed of .

MSC Maya News and Information

''MSC Maya'' was christened in

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on September 26, 2016. ''MSC Maya'' made her maiden call at

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on December 15, 2016. ''MSC Maya'' is operating under the flag of Panama with IMO number 9708679 and call sign 3EZI. The vessel is operating on Far East-Europe service of MSC in the framework of the 2M Alliance. ''MSC Maya'' is known, as the largest container ship, which ever visited Poland

Sister Ships

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MSC Zoe ''MSC Zoe'' was one of the largest container ships in the world when built in 2015. It is the third of a series of ships built by Mediterranean Shipping Company, MSC, after ''MSC Oscar'' and ''MSC Oliver''. Name ''MSC Zoe'' takes her name from ...

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MSC Oliver ''MSC Oliver'' is one of the largest container vessels (as of May 2015) in the world, together with her sister ships '' MSC Oscar'', ''MSC Zoe'', ''MSC Maya'' and ''MSC Sveva''. The vessel was delivered in March 2015 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Ma ...

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MSC Oscar ''MSC Oscar'', and sister ships ''MSC Zoe'' and ''MSC Oliver'', are large container ships. Christened on 8 January 2015, ''MSC Oscar'' was recognised as the largest container ship in the world; until then ''CSCL Globe'', inaugurated in November 2 ...

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Largest container shipping companies Several shipping lines are involved in intermodal freight transport as part of international trade. List of largest container shipping companies This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of 11 August 2022, according to ' ...

Largest container ships ever built This is a list of container ships with a capacity larger than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Container ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to take advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermoda ...

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