MSC Bruxelles

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MSC Bruxelles in Virginia
History
Name:MSC Bruxelles
Owner: Santa Loretta Shipping Corp [1]
Operator: Redeerei Claus-Peter Offen GmbH & Co. KG [1]
Port of registry: Monrovia, Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia [1]
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries [1]
Yard number: 1511 [1]
Launched: 10 September 2005
Completed: November 2005 [1]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Tonnage:
  • 107,849  GT
  • 110,860  DWT
Length: 337m [1]
Beam: 46m [1]
Draft: 15m [1]
Depth: 27m [1]
Installed power: 68,520kW(93,159hp) [1]
Propulsion: 1 oil engine [1]

MSC Bruxelles is one of the largest container ships in the world. She has a maximum capacity of 9,200 TEU . The ship is owned by Santa Loretta Shipping Corp. [1]

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Hull and engine

MSC Bruxelles was built by Samsung Heavy Industries in yard 1511 and was finished in November 2005. [1] This dry cargo [2] container ship is operated by Redeerei Claus-Peter Offen GmbH & Co. KG and the Port of Registry is Monrovia, Liberia. [1] MSC Bruxelles has a length of 337m, a beam of 46m, a draught of 15m, and a depth of 27m. [1]

MSC Bruxelles is powered by a MAN-B&W 12K98MC-C, 2 stroke 12 cylinder engine, capable of producing 68,520 kW, or 93,159 hp driving one fixed pitch propeller. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Lloyd's Register of Shipping (2007). Register of Ships. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. p. 2198. ISBN   978-1-906313-04-3.
  2. "MSC Bruxelles". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.