The
new and most discussed ship last days was the new building of Daewoo
Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering - MSC Danit. The ship is the
largest container ship built ever. The vessel MSC Danit has capacity
for 14,000 TEUs with deadweight of 165,517 metric tons. The ships
from the class of MSC Danit are really the largest and most interesting
container ships of the world, built ever. The ship has overall length
of 365.50 meters and moulded beam of 51.20 meters. The ship is leading
in the competition of MSC fleet with Maersk fleet, and got the first
place, at least for now. The ship MSC Danit has draft of 16.00 meters
at maximum cargo weight, which is giving a gross tonnage of the
ship of 153,092 gross tons. The ship was finished at the beginning
of March and on 26th of March, 2009 was christened by the vice-president
of Daewoo ship-yard, president of MSC Israel - Edni Simkin and his
daughter
Danit Simkin, who gave the name of the vessel. The ship is really
innovation in ship-building with improved stability and better engine,
for increasing power and speed of the ship. The main engine of the
ship MSC Danit is MAN B&W 12K98MC-C with output power of 72,240
kW. the speed is enough for the ship to reach maximum speed of 25.0
knots, while th cruising one is 24.1 knots.
The
ship MSC Danit is property of Mediterranean Shipping Company, registered
under the flag of Panama with IMO number 9404649. The ship is really
innovated with superstructure in the midships and engine room in
the aft. The ship is really beautiful and theory is showing that
this positioning of the superstructure and funnel is giving high
stability and optimal trim with maximum loading of the ship. This
distribution of the features of the ship are giving better stbility
and cargo handling on the deck even in heavy sea. The ship MSC Danit
has improved shape for higher speed in following the timetable of
the chateurs. Really the vessel is from the new generation with
some classes larger and better than all other container ships built
ever. date: 28th April, 2009
