MSC Beatrice explained

MSC Beatrice is one of the largest container ships in the world. She has a maximum capacity of 13,798 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), or 10,500 TEU (14 t each) and is 366m (1,201feet) long.[1] Because of her size the deckhouse was moved forward. This solution increases container capacity as well as improves torsional strength[2]

She is the second of eight vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries,[3] with another four class vessels ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a company spun-off from Daewoo in 2000.

Despite her larger claimed capacity, MSC Beatrice is neither the longest container ship in the world, nor does it have the largest tonnage. With a length of nearly 400m (1,300feet), the is the longest container ship in the world, but Maersk, her Danish owners, using a different basis of calculating capacity, initially only claimed a, but now list a container carrying capacity of 18,000 TEU.[4] Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller is the first of a class of 20 identical Triple E vessels.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Containership-Info: MSC Beatrice . 2009-04-21 . 2008-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080319125758/http://containerinfo.co.ohost.de/vessel_9399014.html . dead .
  2. http://www.antiport.de/doku/gutachten/ulcs.pdf D. Tozer and A. Penfold: Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS)
  3. News: MSC provides a rich variety of tonnage . Wright, Doug . 13 April 2009 . . 26 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Triple-E Class Container Ships. 10 October 2014. ship-technology.com.

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