History
Name
  • MOL Prestige (until 2006; since 23/05/2008)
  • MSC Prestige (2006–2008)[1][2]
OwnerIS CONTAINER PTE LTD
Operator
Port of registry Marshall Islands
BuilderImabari Shipbuilding
Completed01/08/2006
In servicesince 2006
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeMOL C-class container ship
Tonnage
  • 71,902 GT
  • 48,825 NT
  • 72,968 DWT
Length293 m (961 ft 3 in)
Beam40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Draught11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Installed power1 MAN B&W 11K98MC diesel engine 62,920 kW (84,380 hp)
PropulsionSingle shaft; gearless fixed-pitch propeller
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Capacity8,110 TEU
Crew26

MSC Prestige is a container ship (IMO 9321029) that collided with a large tanker MV Samco Europe, off the Red Sea traffic separation scheme of Bab-el-Mandeb on 7 December 2007. Both vessels suffered severe damage at their bows and had to undergo major repairs.

An official report was compiled.[3]

The vessel was subsequently renamed back to MOL Prestige.

Type of ship : Cellular Container IMO Number: 9321029 Flag: Panama MMSI Number: 351861000 Length: 292.0m Beam: 40.0m Callsign: 3EGH8

References

  1. ↑ "PRESTIGE, Container Ship - Schiffsdaten und aktuelle Position - IMO 9321029 - VesselFinder".
  2. ↑ "Marine MAN Ltd ® – MOL PRESTIGE (Container Ship) - IMO 9321029".
  3. ↑ "Report of safety investigation" (PDF). bea-mer.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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