MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s largest container ship ever built, the MSC Oscar, makes her maiden call at Port of Wilhelmshaven, the company said in its press release. Since its inauguration in January at Daewoo’s Shipbuilding and Maritime Engineering (DSME) Shipyard in South Korea, record-breaking MSC Oscar represents the first in its class and will be followed by additional vessels in the same class during 2015-2016.
The 45,300 ton steel MSC Oscar, which cost US$140 mio to build, is 395 metres long, 59 metres wide with a draught of 16 metres. The super-size MSC Oscar is equivalent to the size of four combined football fields and is now servicing the Albatross string on the new East-West trade routes between Asia and Europe.