MSC Oscar is the World’s Largest Containership


MSC Oscar, the newest cargo vessel built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), will launch in January 2015, and at 19,224 teu, the containership will take the record for world’s largest.
MSC Oscar possesses a nominal capacity of 19,224 teu, officially making the ship the largest globally, edging China Shipping Container Lines’ 19,100 teu CSCL Globe which just recently took the title from Maersk’s 18,270 teu Triple-E class.
Measuring is 395.4 meters long and 59 meters wide with a 16-meter draft, the 197,362 dwt MSC Oscar was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and is classed by DNV GL.
The Panama-registered containership will be inaugurated during the first week of January 2015 and will join the Albatross service later that month.
A similar vessel, MSC Oliver, is due for launch in April 2015.









MSC Oscar launch at DSME. Image courtesy MSC
MSC Oscar launch at DSME. Image courtesy MSC
The battle over the title of world’s biggest boxship continues with Mediterranean Shipping Company announcing the upcoming delivery of the MSC Oscar, a 19,224 TEU capacity containership.
MSC Oscar has been under construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea and plans call for the ship to be put into service next month.
With a nominal carrying capacity of 19,224 TEU, the containership will narrowly beat out China Shipping Container Lines’ CSCL Globe, which can carry 19,000 TEU and is currently embarked on its maiden voyage from China to Europe. Despite its greater carrying capacity, MSC Oscar will measure just 395.4 meters long, making it shorter than the 400 meter long CSCL Globe and also the 400 meter Maersk Triple-E’s, which can carry about 18,000 TEU. MSC Oscar will however be slightly wider, with a beam measuring 59 meters compared to the 58.6 meter beam of the CSCL Globe. Triple-E’s, on the other hand, also have a beam of 59 meters, leaving many wondering where exactly they are finding the room to put the extra boxes without increasing the dimensions of these vessels.
MSC says that the DNV GL-classed MSC Oscar will be registered in Panama and is expected to be inaugurated during the first week of January 2015 before joining the Albatross service later in the month. A second vessel of the same size is due in April 2015.
At this rate, we’re going to see 20,000+ TEU containerships before we know it.
A un-embeddable video of the MSC Oscar under construction at DSME can be found HERE.



VIDEO: World’s Largest Container Ship


Although 2014 has so far been full of shipping industry’s firsts as well as record-breaking feats, Mediterranean Shipping Company will make sure that we enter the new year with a bang by adding the world’s largest container vessel, a 19, 224 TEU MSC Oscar, to its fleet.
This 395.4m long and 59 m wide container vessel, owned by China’s Bank of Communications and on long-term charter to MSC, will enter the service in the first week of January 2015.
The container vessel is registered in Panama and will join the Albatross service later in January.
The vessel was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and classed by DNV GL.
The video presents you with the process of building the world’s largest container vessel, from the beginning to the end, so enjoy it.
World Maritime News Staff


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