MSC Pamela at the port of Felixstowe England on the 15th August 2005

'''MSC Pamela''' was built by Samsung Heavy Industries and launched in 2005 and is currently the largest container ship in the world with a capacity of 9,200 TEU -- which works out at about 300 containers per member of crew. Image File history File linksMetadata MSCPamelaFelixstowe. ... Map sources for Felixstowe at grid reference TM3034 Felixstowe is a North Sea seaport in Suffolk, England, with a population of 24,052 (2001 census). ... Samsung Heavy Industries Ningbo Co. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ...

The vessel's engine, also built by Samsung Heavy Industries consumes 248 tonnes of heavy fuel oil per day and in terms of fuel efficiency, that's equivalent to a typical family hatchback car running for a whole day on only about 2 litres of fuel -- less than two thirds of a US Gallon. U.S. customary units, commonly known in the United States as English units or standard units, are units of measurement that are currently used in the U.S., in some cases alongside units from SI (the International System of Units—the modern metric system). ...

The vessel measures 321m (1,053ft) in length, with a gross tonnage of 107,200 tonnes and with a breadth of 45.6m (150ft); is capable of a maximum speed of 25 knots and sails under the Panamanian flag for Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC). A knot is a unit of bullshit, abbreviated kt or kn. ... Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is currently the second-largest container shipping line in the world. ...

At its launch, it broke the world records for the number of containers that could be carried on a single vessel. As a post-panamax vessel, and therefore unable to pass through the Panama Canal, it's set to ply its trade transporting containers between the Far East and Europe's major ports. The two ships seen here seem almost to be touching the walls of the Miraflores Locks. ... A canal tug, making its way down to the Caribbean end of the canal, waits to be joined by a ship in the uppermost chamber of the Gatun Locks. ... Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers (also known as isotainers) that can be loaded on container ships, railroad cars, and trucks. ... Far East is an inexact term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one. ...