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On 13 April 2024 in the Gulf of Oman, off the Emirati port city of Fujairah, [78] the IRGC Navy boarded and seized container ship MSC Aries, claiming she was "violating maritime laws". [79] She was flying the ensign of Portugal. [80] [81] [82] MSC Aries is leased by MSC from Gortal Shipping Inc., an affiliate of Zodiac Maritime (ZM).
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]
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.
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 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] The series is aired in other countries as well. [10]
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MSC Zoe is an Olympic-class container ship built by Hanwha Ocean and operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company. [1] MSC Zoe was one of the largest container ships in the world when built in 2015. [5] [6] It is the third of a series of ships built for MSC, after MSC Oscar and MSC Oliver. [7]