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This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]
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 intermodal freight transport.
In March 2023, the company broke the record of biggest container ship in the world two times in a row by receiving the 24,116 TEU MSC Tessa mega container ship on 10 March and the 24,345 TEU MSC Irina mega container ship on 13 March. [36] In October 2023, MSC acquired a 50% stake in Italian passenger rail group NTV. [37]
The vessel's main engine is a two-stroke MAN Diesel 11S90ME-C diesel engine, which has a height of 15.5 m (51 ft), a length of 25 m (82 ft) and a breadth of 11 m (36 ft). [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The engine has a maximum continuous rating of 62.5 MW (83,800 hp) at 82.2 rpm and a normal continuous rating of 56.25 MW (75,430 hp) at 79.4 rpm.
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 (14 t each) and is 366 metres (1,200 ft 9 in) long. [1] Because of her size the deckhouse was moved forward. This solution increases container capacity as well as improves torsional strength [2]
MSC Livorno: 4184 9461427 13 Dec 2010 In service [11] MSC Rosa M: 4181 9461398 20 Dec 2010 In service [12] MSC Bari: 4186 9461441 31 Jan 2011 In service [13] MSC Teresa: 4195 9469560 10 Mar 2011 In service [14] MSC Taranto: 4196 9475358 26 May 2011 In service [15] MSC Ravenna: 4198 9484431 27 Jul 2011 In service [16] MSC Clorinda: 4197 9484429 ...
MSC Viviana: 2843 9777216 15 Mar 2017 In service [12] Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (19224 TEU) MSC Jade: 4296 9762326 18 May 2016 In service [13] MSC Ditte: 4297 9754953 22 Jun 2016 In service [14] MSC Reef: 4298 9754965 27 Jul 2016 In service [15] MSC Mirja: 4299 9762338 7 Sep 2016 In service [16] MSC Erica: 4300 9755191 16 Nov ...
On March 16, 2012, MSC Fabiola docked at the Port of Long Beach, breaking earlier records for the largest container ship at a U.S. port, and at any North American port. [ 6 ] At the first U.S. stop in Long Beach, California , the ship was too tall to fit under the Gerald Desmond Bridge and dock at MSC's own terminal, so the Hanjin terminal was ...