MSC Oscar
MV MSC Oscar arriving at the Port of Rotterdam | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MSC Oscar |
| Owner | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Operator | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Port of registry | Panama |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) |
| Cost | US$140 million |
| Completed | December 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9703291 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Olympic class Container ship |
| Tonnage | 197,362 DWT |
| Length | 395.4 m (1,297 ft) |
| Beam | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Draught | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Ice class | none |
| Installed power | MAN B&W 11S90ME-C two-stroke diesel engine; output: 62.5 MW (83,800 hp) |
| Propulsion | Single five-blade propeller; blade length: 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Speed | 22.8 kn (42.2 km/h; 26.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 19,224 TEU |
| Crew | Max 35 |
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MSC Oscar, and sister ships MSC Zoe and MSC Oliver, are large container ships. Christened on 8 January 2015, MSC Oscar was recognised as the largest container ship in the world; until then CSCL Globe, inaugurated in November 2014, had been the largest.