MSC Leigh

The MSC Leigh is a container ship built in 2006 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.. She is the second ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered.[1] The 54,549 DWT ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU.

History
Name: MSC Leigh
Owner: Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Port of registry: Panama City,  Panama
Ordered: 2004
Builder: Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, Mangalia,  Romania
Yard number: 4,053
Christened: 2006
Completed: 2006
Identification:
Status: in service
General characteristics
Tonnage: 54,549 DWT
Length: 275 m (902 ft)
Beam: 32 m (105 ft)
Draught: 13.5 m (44 ft)
Draft: 12 m (39 ft)
Depth: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Decks: 8
Propulsion:
  • 4 × B&W 7K98MCC diesels
  • combined 39,352 kW (52,772 hp)
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)

References

  1. "Nava "MSC Leigh" a primit botezul în Şantierul Mangalia" (in Romanian). Cuget Liber. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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