_002.jpg) MV MSC Oscar arriving at the Port of Rotterdam
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MSC Oscar |
| Owner | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Operator | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Port of registry |  Panama[1] |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) |
| Cost | US$140 million |
| Completed | December 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9703291[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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)[2] |
| Propulsion | Single five-blade propeller; blade length: 10.5 m (34 ft)[2] |
| Speed | 22.8 kn (42.2 km/h; 26.2 mph)[3][4] |
| Capacity | 19,224 TEU |
| Crew | Max 35[3] |
MSC Oscar, and sister ships MSC Zoe and MSC Oliver, are large container ships.[5][6] 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.[7]
- ^ a b "MSC OSCAR". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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MANwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "MSC Oscar". MSC. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Stromberg, Joseph (8 January 2015). "The MSC Oscar just became the world's biggest container ship". Vox. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Stackhouse, Laura (13 January 2015). "The MSC Oscar has already stolen the CSCL Globe's 'biggest ship' title". Marine Trader Online. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.