Current Name |
MSC Highness |
Previous Name |
Hyundai Highness (until 2009) |
Classification Society |
Korean Register of Shipping |
IMO |
9128166 |
Call Sign |
DSEM8 |
Operator |
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, Switzerland |
Manager |
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea |
Owner |
Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea |
Flag |
South Korea |
Port of Registry |
Seogwipo |
Type of Ship |
full container ship |
Completion |
1996 |
Shipyard |
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea |
Building No. |
922 |
GT |
64.054 |
DWT [t] |
68.379 |
Overall Length [m] |
274,60 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
40,00 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
14,02 |
Propulsion [KW] |
54.814 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
74.520 |
Speed [Kn] |
25,6 |
Capacity Containers [TEU] |
5.551 |
Additional Information |
7th ship of the original Hyundai "5,500 TEU" series (7 vessels), also see (>Hyundai Liberty<, >MSC Katyayni<), (>Hyundai Discovery<, >MSC Dymphna<) and >Hyundai General< - also see the identically constructed ships of the sonamed "CSCL Shanghai" class (3 vessels) (>CSCL Shanghai<, >Rio Blackwater<) and >CSCL Seattle< - in 2011 the ship was renamed >Hyundai Highness< - on December 3rd 2017 the ship arrived Pakistan and was beached Gadani Beach on December 5th for demolition |