Gülsün-class container ship

The Gülsün class is a series of container ships built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The largest ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 23,756 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). They were the largest container ships in the world when they were launched, surpassing OOCL Hong Kong (21,413 TEU). They have since been surpassed by other ships like the Algeciras class (23,964 TEU). The ships were the first container ships to feature 24 containers wide on deck.[1]

Class overview
Builders: Samsung Heavy Industries
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Operators: Mediterranean Shipping Company
In service: 2019–present
Planned: 16
Building: 5
Completed: 11
Active: 11
General characteristics (SHI)
Type: Container ship
Tonnage: 232,618 GT
Length: 399.9 m (1,312 ft 0 in)
Beam: 61.5 m (201 ft 9 in)
Draught: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Depth: 33.2 m (108 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: MAN Diesel & Turbo 11G95ME-C
Capacity: 23,756 TEU
General characteristics (DSME)
Type: Container ship
Tonnage: 228,714 GT
Length: 399.9 m (1,312 ft 0 in)
Beam: 61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Draught: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Depth: 33.2 m (108 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: MAN Diesel & Turbo 11G95ME-C
Capacity: 23,656 TEU

Orders and history

In 2017, MSC confirmed the order of 11 container ships with a capacity of at least 22,000 TEU.[2] Six of them were to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries and the remaining five would be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The first ship to be delivered was MSC Gülsün in July 2019.

In 2019 MSC reportedly ordered five additional container ships from DSME as part of the original order. These ships are expected to start delivery by the end of 2021.[3][4]

On 28 July 2019 MSC Gülsün set a new container loading record by departing from the port of Tanjung Pelepas with 19,574 TEU of containers on board. Previous records were held by Monaco Maersk with 19,284 TEU and MOL Tribute with 19,190 TEU.[5] The record has since been beaten by HMM Algeciras which carried 19,621 TEU from Yantian, China to Rotterdam.[6]

List of ships
ShipYard numberIMO numberDeliveryStatusref
Samsung Heavy Industries (23756 TEU)
MSC Gülsün224898391794 Jul 2019In service[7]
MSC Samar2249983944231 Jul 2019In service[8]
MSC Leni2250983945410 Sep 2019In service[9]
MSC Mia225198394666 Nov 2019In service[10]
MSC Febe2252983947812 Dec 2019In service[11]
MSC Ambra2253983948020 Jan 2020In service[12]
Deawoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (23656 TEU)
MSC Mina4313983926018 Jul 2019In service[13]
MSC Isabella4314983927219 Aug 2019In service[14]
MSC Arina4315983928411 Sep 2019In service[15]
MSC Nela4316983929624 Oct 2019In service[16]
MSC Sixin4317983930127 Nov 2019In service[17]
MSC Apolline 43259896983Construction
43269896995Construction
43279897004Construction
43289897016Construction
43299897028Construction
Source: new-ships[18]

See also

References
  1. "World's Largest Container Ship Completes First Voyage from Asia to Europe". www.msc.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. "MSC latest carrier to order 22,000-TEU vessels | JOC.com". www.joc.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  3. Paris, Costas (2019-10-15). "Container Carrier MSC Orders Five Giant Box Ships for $762 Million". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  4. "DSME Wins Order for Five Boxships". Offshore Energy. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  5. "MSC Gulsun Sets New Container Loading Record". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. "HMM: Record ship Algeciras carries largest container load ever". SWZ|Maritime. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  7. "MSC Gülsün (39594)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  8. "MSC Samar (39595)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  9. "MSC Leni (39596)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  10. "MSC Mia (39597)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  11. "MSC Febe (39598)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  12. "MSC Ambra (39599)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  13. "MSC Mina (39721)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  14. "MSC Isabella (39724)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  15. "MSC Arina (39726)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  16. "MSC Nela (39727)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  17. "MSC Sixin (39728)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  18. new-ships.com
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