''MSC Oscar'', and sister ships ''

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'' and '' MSC Oliver'', are large

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s. 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.

Name

''MSC Oscar'' takes her name from the son of Diego Aponte, the president and chief executive of owner

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(MSC).

Construction

''MSC Oscar'' was built by

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for

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140 million.

Number of containers

The ship was first planned for 18,400 TEU. Upon completion of construction the capacity was 19,224 TEU, including the capacity for 1,800 refrigerated containers. As the deadweight tonnage of the ship is 197,362 DWT, she can only carry a full load of containers if each has a mean weight not exceeding 10.2 tonnes. With average 14-tonne containers, the capacity is around 14,000 TEU.

Propulsion

The vessel's main engine is a two-stroke

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11S90ME-C diesel engine, which has a height of , a length of and a breadth of . The engine has a

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of at 82.2 rpm and a normal continuous rating of at 79.4 rpm.

In the media

''MSC Oscar'' was the subject of an episode of the documentary television program '' Mighty Ships'', the second episode of the tenth series. Produced by a Canadian company, Exploration Production Inc., the program was first telecast in Canada on 10 December 2017. The series is aired in other countries as well. The ship was featured in the 2018 semi-final of

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' '' Landscape Artist of the Year''. The contestants were halfway through their task of painting Felixstowe Docks when the ''MSC Oscar'' appeared.

Sister ships

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'' *'' MSC Oliver'' *'' MSC Maya'' *''MSC Sveva''

References

External links

On board the world's biggest ship
BBC News. {{DEFAULTSORT:MSC Oscar Container ships Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering