''MSC Oscar'', and sister ships ''

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 ...

'' and ''

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 ...

'', are large

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s. Christened on 8 January 2015, ''MSC Oscar'' was recognised as the largest container ship in the world; until then ''

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'', inaugurated in November 2014, had been the largest.

Name

''MSC Oscar'' takes her name from the son of Diego Aponte, the president and chief executive of owner

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(MSC).

Construction

''MSC Oscar'' was built by

Daewoo Daewoo ( ; Hangul: , Hanja: , ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerat ...

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for

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140m.

Number of containers

The ship was first planned for 18,400 TEU. Upon completion of construction the capacity was 19,224 TEU, including the capacity for 1,800 refrigerated containers. As the deadweight tonnage of the ship is 197,362 DWT, she can only carry a full load of containers if each has a mean weight not exceeding 10.2 tonnes. With average 14-tonne containers, the capacity is around 14,000 TEU.

Propulsion

The vessel's main engine is a two-stroke

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11S90ME-C diesel engine, which has a height of , a length of and a breadth of . The engine has a

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of at 82.2 rpm and a normal continuous rating of at 79.4 rpm.

In the media

''MSC Oscar'' was the subject of an episode of the television program

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, the second episode of the tenth series. Produced by a Canadian company, Exploration Production Inc., the program was first telecast in Canada on 10 December 2017. The series is aired in other countries as well. The ship was featured in the 2018 Semi-Final of Sky Arts Landscape

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. The contestants were halfway through their task of painting Felixstowe Docks when the ''MSC Oscar'' appeared.

Sister ships

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MSC Maya ''MSC Maya'' is one of the world's List of largest container ships, largest container ships, built in 2015. The cargo ship has capacity for 19,224 TEU. Design ''MSC Maya'' was built in 2015 in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering by yard nu ...

'' *''MSC Sveva''

References

External links

On board the world's biggest ship
BBC News. {{DEFAULTSORT:MSC Oscar Container ships Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering