MSC takes delivery of its largest ever

With a container capacity close to the magic total of 14 000 teus, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has just taken delivery of the MSC Daniela – its largest ship ever. According to information from Glen Delve, MSC’s marketing manager in SA, the new container-carrying giant will take about 7 382 teus on deck, and 6 416 teus in the holds. That gives the ship an overall capacity of 13 798 teus. The MSC Daniela is to be deployed on the Far East-Europe trade.