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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]
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]
RFID is synonymous with track-and-trace solutions, and has a critical role to play in supply chains. RFID is a code-carrying technology, and can be used in place of a barcode to enable non-line of sight-reading. Deployment of RFID was earlier inhibited by cost limitations but the usage is now increasing.
MSC Gülsün, at the time of her launch in 2019, was the world's largest container ship. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, she is almost 62 metres (203 ft 5 in) wide and 400 metres (1,312 ft 4 in) long.
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 Oscar was the subject of an episode of the documentary television program Mighty Ships, [8] 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. [ 9 ]
Name: MSC Madeleine: Operator: MSC Ship Management: Launched: 10 March 2006: ... MSC Madeleine is a container ship. It was built in 2006 at Guangzhou Shipyard in ...
MSC Monterey is a container ship built in 2008 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. She is the fifth ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered. [ 2 ]