Container Ship

Year Built: 1998

Flag: Liberia

Home Port: Monrovia

Album : Dublin Port 2017.

MSC Preziosa enters the breakwater of Dublin Port astern.

MSC Monica is upbound above Three Rivers for Montreal.

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker Stolt Auk 3,441gt at the Runcorn Wharf on the Manchester Ship Canal the River Mersey is at the right of picture, this location just west of the main port at Runcorn Cheshire.

MSC Container vessel moored in the Caland Canal Rotterdam Europoort

Vessel Details:- Meraviglia Plus Cruise Ship.

Vessel Name:- MSC VIRTUOSA.

IMO:- 9803625.

MMSI: - 215610000.

Call Sign:- 9HA5209.

Classification:- Bureau Veritas.

Length:- 310.7m.

Beam:- 43m.

Draught:- 8.75m.

Builder:- Built in 2021 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique St. Nazaire, France.

Power Plant:- 4 x Wärtsilä, 16V46CR & 2 x Wärtsilä, 12V46CR Diesel Engines

Propulsion:- Electric Azipod Propulsion Units

Registered:- Valletta, Malta.

Gross Tonnage:- 181,541t.

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Port of Felixstowe on the evening of 23rd August 2023.

MSC Tamishka F - IMO 9358905

Mediterranean Shipping Company Container Ship

Flag: Liberia

Built: 2007

Length: 160.7 m

Beam: 25.4 m

Gross tonnage: 15633

DWT: 16959 t

Passing Gravesend. Arriving at Tilbury from Antwerp.

Shot from New Tavern Fort.

24.2.24.

'MSC Viceroy' passes Ellesmere Port while leading the tanker 'Tequila' to Stanlow.

MSC Carouge Bosphorus 25th June 2014

Le Havre, Normandy, France 28/04/2021 - It's time for fresh air, engines running at last for 24 hours !

20230217, MSC, Munich Security Conference, Bayerischer Hof: Main Stage I: Panel Discussion.Against Lawlessness: Ensuring Accountability.Conference Hall: Kaja Kallas Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia

Another day at Sea...

20230219 MSC, Munich Security Conference, Bayerischer Hof, Main Stage I „Back to the Future? Visions for the European Security Architecture“: Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia

Worlds largest container vessel MSC Gülsün arrived for the first time in the Port of Rotterdam.The ship is 400 mtr long and 62 meters wide, the max capacity is 23.756 teu. I made some aerial pictures of this arrival with my drone.

MSC Loreto, the worlds largest container ship departs from Felixstowe on 27th August 2023, bound for Algeciras.

The MSC Crociere cruise ship MSC Seaview in Malta

MSC Virtuosa leaving Belfast, Northern Ireland

Taken with old Nikon Nikkor AI-s 80-200 f4

The MSC Crociere cruise ship MSC Meraviglia underway in Grand Harbour in Malta

The MSC VIDISHAR is a little bit more in hurry than the MSC EYRA. Maybe because she's empty and under way to new cargo... This photo was taken on the North Sea just between Zeebrugge and the Westerschelde, both ships heading +/- south-west.

Type : Porte-conteneurs

Pavillon : Panama 🇵🇦

Armateur : MSC

Chantier naval : Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Corée du Sud 🇰🇷)

Lancement : 2008

Identification (IMO number) : 9372470

Longueur : 277,3 m

Largeur : 40,00 m

Tonnage : 66 399 tjb

In the buffet

Le Havre, Normandy, France - The newest cruise ship of the Italian-Swiss shipowner MSC Cruises, crossed the breakwaters of the port of Le Havre this Friday morning, more than a day ahead of its scheduled arrival. Inbound from Saint-Nazaire shipyard, the vessel cost one billion euros for a gross tonnage of 181,541 tons, a top speed of 22.2 knots and a total area of ​​460,000 m² should remain docked in Le Havre until 30th April 2021. The MSC Virtuosa will take its inaugural cruise - fitted out due to the health crisis - from the British port of Southampton on 20th May 2021. This will be the first in a series of three and four night mini cruises. The ship will then offer longer cruises of seven nights starting 12th June 2021 and the possibility of boarding from two ports in England (Southampton and Liverpool) and Scotland (at Greenhock, the port of Glasgow).

Photo ID: 65540 MSC Opera

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MSC Cruises vessel "MSC Fantasia" berthed at Southampton on 20th September 2017.

Worlds largest container vessel MSC Gülsün arrived for the first time in the Port of Rotterdam.The ship is 400 mtr long and 62 meters wide, the max capacity is 23.756 teu. I made some aerial pictures of this arrival with my drone.

MSC Drylaw

MSC Lirica outbound from Bergen 1. July 2009

Port of Rotterdam

IMO: 9710438

Name: MSC CHANNE

Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo - Hazard A (Major)

Vessel Type - Detailed: Container Ship

Navigational Status: Active

MMSI: 255805864

Call Sign: CQZK

Flag: Portugal [PT]

Gross Tonnage: 96333

Summer DWT: 109495 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 299.97 x 48.23 m

Year Built: 2015

Valparaiso;Chile

Passengers ship MSC Orchestra visiting Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

MSC Grandiosa departure from Oslo monday evening

Heading for Greenock's Ocean Terminal.

Vessel Details: Project Visa (MSC) Cruise Ship

Vessel Name: MSC MERAVIGLIA

IMO: 9760512

MMSI: 249973000

Call Sign: 9HA4455

Class: Bureau Veritas

Length: 315.83m

Beam: 43m

Draught: 8.75m

Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, by STX France.

Launched 2nd Sept 2016 and entered service on the 3rd June 2017.

Gross Tonnage: 171,598t

MSC Opera

MSC Cruises

Venice, Italy

El "MSC Meraviglia" és el primer vaixell del "Project Vista MSC" i el primer de la classe "Meraviglia". Construït a les drassanes de STX Europe (St.Nazaire) entre els anys 2015 i 2017, entrant en servei durant el mes de Juny.

Té una eslora de 315.8 metres, un GT de 171.598 Tm i 22 nusos de velocitat màxima. La seva capacitat és per a 4500 passatgers.

Departing Felixstowe bound for Rotterdam on 27th May 2023

Photo ID: 92617 MSC Euribia

MSC Euribia

MSC Cruises

Cruise Ship