Current Name |
MSC Corsica |
Previous Name |
Safmarine Infanta (until 2002), SCL Infanta (until 2000), Author (until 1999), Benarmin (until 1982), Author (until 1981) |
Classification Society |
Lloyd's Register Fairplay |
IMO |
7905924 |
Call Sign |
SVGZ |
Operator |
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, Switzerland |
Manager |
Target Marine S.A., Piraeus, Greece |
Owner |
Anco Holdings, Panama City, Panama |
Flag |
Greece |
Port of Registry |
Piraeus |
Type of Ship |
full container ship |
Completion |
1981 |
Shipyard |
Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina, Gdansk, Poland |
Building No. |
B463/103 |
GT |
27.994 |
DWT [t] |
27.630 |
Overall Length [m] |
204,02 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
30,82 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
11,03 |
Propulsion [KW] |
21.625 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
29.399 |
Speed [Kn] |
19,0 |
Capacity Containers [TEU] |
1.606 |
Additional Information |
7th ship of a series of identically constructed container ships (7 vessels) (some of these ships had been equipped with a gantry crane, temporarily or during their whole service), also see >Sierra Express< - on June 29th 2009 the ship arrived Alang and was beached on July 7th for demolition by Indian breakers |