MSC Beatrice
| AlternateTextHere MSC Beatrice | |
| Career (Panama) | Flag of Panama |
|---|---|
| Name: | MSC Beatrice |
| Owner: | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. |
| Operator: | Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. |
| Builder: | Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd, South Korea |
| Yard number: | 1709 |
| In service: | 2009 - present |
| Homeport: | Panama |
| Identification: | Callsign: 3FUF2 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 14,000 TEU Class |
| Type: | Container ship |
| Tonnage: | 151.559 GT |
| Length: | 366.10 metres (1,201.1 ft) LOA |
| Beam: | 51 metres (167 ft) |
| Draft: | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 72.240 kW MAN B&W 12K98MCC |
| Speed: | 25.2 knots (46.7 km/h; 29.0 mph) |
| Capacity: |
156.301 metric tons deadweight (DWT) Template:TEU Template:TEU (Reefers) |
| Crew: | 30 |
MSC Beatrice is a container ship with the second largest capacity in the world. She has a maximum capacity of 13,798 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), or 10,500 TEU (14t each) and is 366 meters 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 MSC Daniela class vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries. [3][4]
Despite her larger claimed capacity, Beatrice is neither the longest container ship in the world nor does it have the largest tonnage. With a length of nearly 400m, Emma Maersk is the longest container ship in the world, but her owners, using a different basis of calculating capacity, only claim a Template:TEU.
Sister Ships
| Built | Ship Name | Shipyard | Hull Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | MSC Daniela | Samsung | 1708 |
| 2009 | MSC Beatrice | Samsung | 1709 |
| 2009 | MSC Danit | Daewoo | 4135 |
| 2009 | MSC Camille | Daewoo | 4136 |
| 2009 | MSC Kalina | Samsung[5] | |
| 2009 | MSC Bettina | Samsung | 1711 |
| 2009 | MSC Irene | Samsung | 1712 |
| 2009 | MSC Emanuela | Samsung | 1713 |
| 2009 | MSC Eva | Samsung | 1714 |
| 2009 | MSC Gaia | Samsung | 1715 |
| 2010 | MSC Melatilde | Daewoo | 4138 |
| 2010 | MSC Paloma | Daewoo | 4139 |
