THE first of three ships to undergo an unprecedented widening programme to increase their beams from 32.2 to 40 metres to raise capacity from 4,872 to 6,152 TEU is returning to service.
The MSC Geneva, which is owned by German ship investment company Gebab and on a new three-year charter to Mediterranean Shipping Company, will be the smallest of the 12 ships to be deployed on the ocean liner's new Far East-west coast of South America Andes service, which is operated by vessels ranging in size from 7,800-9,200 TEU.
Alphaliner said its deployment on the Andes service may be temporary, as MSC is expected to replace it with its new neopanamax units of 8,800-9,400 TEU, as the carrier is schedule to take delivery of 27 of these ships over the next 15 months.
The widening performed on the MSC Geneva is a major engineering operation that has so far never been performed on large merchant ships. Previous containership "jumboisation" involved the lengthening of vessels with new mid-body sections.
In this case, the cargo section has been sliced into two longitudinal half sections lengthwise and pulled apart, with a new central section with three rows of container cells inserted.
WORLD SHIPPING
03 July 2015 - 19:58
First widened boxship now 6,152-TEUer on FE-WCSA Andes service
THE first of three ships to undergo an unprecedented widening programme to increase their beams from 32.2 to 40 metres to raise capacity from 4,872 to 6,152 TEU is returning to service.
WORLD SHIPPING
03 July 2015 - 19:58
First widened boxship now 6,152-TEUer on FE-WCSA Andes service
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