MSC Highness

Update 26.11.2024
Current Name MSC Highness
Previous Name Hyundai Highness (until 2009)
Classification Society Korean Register of Shipping
IMO 9128166
Call Sign DSEM8
Operator MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva, Switzerland
Manager Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Owner Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
Flag South Korea
Port of Registry Seogwipo
Type of Ship full container ship
Completion 1996
Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea
Building No. 922
GT 64.054
DWT [t] 68.379
Overall Length [m] 274,60
Registered Breadth [m] 40,00
Maximum Draught [m] 14,02
Propulsion [KW] 54.814
Propulsion [BHP] 74.520
Speed [Kn] 25,6
Capacity Containers [TEU] 5.551
Additional Information 7th ship of a series of identically constructed container ships of the original "Hyundai 5,500 TEU" series (8 vessels), also see (>Hyundai Liberty<, >MSC Katyayni<), (>Hyundai Discovery<, >MSC Dymphna<), >Hyundai General< and >Hyundai Confidence< - also see the identically constructed ships of the sonamed "CSCL Shanghai" class (3 vessels): (>CSCL Shanghai<, >Rio Blackwater<), >Rio Barrow< and >CSCL Seattle< as well as the identically constructed ships of the sonamed "Hanjin 5,500 TEU" series (4 vessels): >Hanjin Cairo<, >Hanjin Helsinki< and >Hanjin Gothenburg< - in 2011 the ship was renamed >Hyundai Highness< - on December 3rd 2017 the ship arrived Pakistan and was beached Gadani Beach on December 5th for demolition
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