London-class container ship

The London class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime (4 ships) and Eastern Pacific Shipping (2 ships). The ships are charted to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).^[1] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 16,652 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).^[2] The ships were built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in South Korea.

MSC Venice in the port of Antwerp
Class overview
Builders	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
Operators	Mediterranean Shipping Company
In service	2014–present
Planned	6
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	176,490 GT
Length	399 m (1,309 ft 1 in)
Beam	54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Draught	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Capacity	16,652 TEU

List of ships

Ship	Yard number	IMO number	Delivery	Status	ref
MSC London	1527	9606302	10 Jul 2014	In service	[3]
MSC New York	1528	9606314	20 Oct 2014	In service	[4]
MSC Istanbul	1529	9606326	15 Jan 2015	In service	[5]
MSC Amsterdam	1530	9606338	15 Apr 2015	In service	[6]
MSC Hamburg	1551	9647461	26 Oct 2015	In service	[7]
MSC Venice	1552	9647473	25 Jan 2016	In service	[8]

See also

• Gülsün-class container ship
• Pegasus-class container ship
• Olympic-class container ship