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The Aponte family-owned liner said the new class of vessel had “been designed with a wide range of environmental, efficiency, stability and safety matters in mind”.
The MSC Gulson, it claims, features a “remarkable approach to energy efficiency” via bow design and minimised wind resistance.
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Comment on this article
Wim Van Deyck
August 23, 2019 at 9:52 amyou may want to recheck those beam dimensions…
Mike Wackett
August 23, 2019 at 10:03 ammany thanks Wim, well spotted. A schoolboy error. It would indeed have been a ‘fat lady’!
Mike Wackett
August 23, 2019 at 10:12 amCorrect now from feet to metres. Thanks again for the spot!