MSC's largest boxboat to date

摘要

The world's second largest container line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has recently taken delivery of its largest vessel. In its usual low-key approach to additions to its vast fleet, the company has just taken delivery of MSC London, the first in a series of six 15,908TEU ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs), which are on long-term charter Following the line's usual nomenclature for chartered vessels, the series are named after cities of the world; the line uses girls' names for its owned vessels. MSC London will be followed by MSC New York, due to be delivered in December 2014; MSC Istanbul, due March 2015; and MSC Venice, due in June 2015. The names of the last two vessels, due for delivery in 2015, are still to be announced.