''MSC Nuria'' is a

container ship A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal ...

built in 2008 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in

Mangalia Mangalia (, ), ancient Callatis (; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The municipality of Mangalia als ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. She is the largest container ship ever constructed in

. The ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU's. The Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. also had a previous ship called ''MSC Nuria'' built in 1977 as the ''Australian Venture'' and operated under

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Less ...

flag that was discharged in 2006.

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