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SHIP'S HISTORY
Ordered - June 1985
Keel laid -
Launched - January 1986
Delivered - May 1988
(a) Toluca - Panama (1998)
(b) MSC Nicole - Panama (2/1999)
(c) Toluca - Panama (5/1999)
(d) MSC Orinoco - Panama (11/1999)
(e) MSC Alexandra - Panama
As of April 2003 MSC Alexandra was still in
service
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PARTICULARS
Ship type - Bulk/container ship
Gross tonnage - 31,340
Net tonnage - 13,090
Deadweight tonnage - 41,771
L.O.A. - 198.89 meters
L.B.P. - 185.02 meters
Width overall - 32.20 meters
Width moulded - 32.20 meters
Draught - 12.200 meters
Depth - 17.70 meters
Number of cargo holds - 8
Number of cargo hatch covers - 8
Total container capacity - 2,000 TEU
TEU - Twenty foot Equivalent Unit
Cargo cranes - 5 (41 tonne capacity)
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CONSTRUCTION
Builder - Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Country - St. Nazaire, France
Hull number - T28
Engine builder - Cie. de Construction Mec. Sulzer CCM
Country - Mantes, France
Number of engines - 1
Engine type - Sulzer 6RTA76 diesel
Fuel - Heavy fuel oil & diesel oil
Horsepower - 22,080 bhp or 16,239 kW
Speed - 18.3 knots
Propeller - 1 variable pitch
Bow thuster - 1 (? hp)
Steering gear - Standard rudder
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
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former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc..
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Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society
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