MSC Oliver is one of the largest container vessels (as of May 2015) in the world, together with her sister ships "MSC Oscar", "MSC Zoe", "MSC Maya" and "MSC Sveva". The vessel was delivered in March 2015 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (South Korea). According to the official statement of the CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company, the ships are part from a bulk order for 20 vessels with same size, which will be used for cost optimizations of the company. With the new ships, the management of MSC are trying to fight the low freight rates and increased capacities of shipping.
Name.
The ship is named Oliver after the CEO of MSC, Diego Aporte's nephew.
Construction.
"MSC Oliver" and its sister ships were ordered by MSC in December 2013 and was completed in March 2015. The maiden voyage was planned for the beginning of April 2015 and the ship serves MSC's liner service between Asia and North Europe. "MSC Oliver" was built in Geoje shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (yard number 4278). The container ship is valued at worth of US$140 million.
Design.
"MSC Oliver" has an overall length of , moulded beam of and maximum summer draft of . The deadweight of the cargo ship is  DWT and the gross tonnage is  GT. The total capacity is 19,224 TEU and on board of the vessel there are 1,800 reefer points. According to its owner, the ship has better than 35% lower CO2 emissions per TEU than earlier container ships.
Engineering.
The main engine of the container ship "MSC Oliver" is MAN B&amp;W 11S90ME-C (10.2) with MCR of 62,500 kW at 82.2 rpm and NCR of 56,250 kW at 79.4 rpm. Such power is enough for the ship to reach service speed of and maximum speed of . The optimized engineering and propulsion system decrease the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by over 35% per TEU compared to conventional ships of the company.
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