MSC and CMA CGM gobble up capacity from non-operators
Don’t forget those intra-regionals…
MSC has revised the official capacity of its new ULCV, MSC Gulsun, by an additional 805 teu, to 23,765 teu, making it more than 2,000 teu larger than the biggest ships operated by its competitors.
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!