MSC Monterey

MSC Monterey is a container ship built in 2008 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. She is the fifth ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered.^[2] The 54,549 DWT ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU's.

MSC Monterey in Bremerhaven
History
Name	MSC Monterey
Owner	NSB Niederelbe
Operator	Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Port of registry	Liberia[1]
Ordered	2005
Builder	Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, Mangalia, Romania
Yard number	4,056
Launched	6 May 2007
Christened	2008
Completed	2008
Identification	IMO number: 9349796 MMSI number: 636092391 Callsign: D5BL4
Status	in service
General characteristics
Tonnage	54,549 DWT
Length	275 m (902 ft)
Beam	32 m (105 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)

In December 2013, MSC Monterey, travelling from Antwerp, Belgium to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was reported in danger 140 km south of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, a metre-long crack having been discovered in its hull, about eight metres above the waterline.^[3] Four passengers were evacuated by helicopter in Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland and temporary repairs were effected in the more sheltered waters of St. Mary's Bay.^[4]