MSC newbuilding is a sea change

摘要

Fincantieri's project team for 154,000 GT MSC Seaside came together in 2014. Andrea De Cesco, project manager, and Michele Francovigh, lead project engineer on MSC Seaside and its sistership MSC Seaview, talked to PST about what went into building this new-generation vessel. The first 12 months were spent finalising the design of the ship, Mr De Cesco said. "It is typical with a prototype to have at least one year from contract signing to steel-cutting to design the ship," he explained. "For MSC Seaside the project schedule included nine months from steel-cutting to keel-laying, another nine months in the drydock and a final 12 months for outfitting at the quay."