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MSC GAIA - IMO 9401142

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Photographer:
Marc Piché [ View profile ]
Captured:
May 14, 2012
Title:
Msc Gaia
Added:
Jun 23, 2012
Views:
883
Image Resolution:
1,799 x 1,200

Description:

MSC GAIA as shown while outbound on the Schelde River off Terneuzen on May 14, 2012.
She is rhe largest ship I have ever seen or photographed in my 40 years in the hobby!

Marc Piché photo.

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Current name:
MSC GAIA
Current flag:
Panama
Home port:
Panama
Vessel Type:
Container Ship
Gross tonnage:
151,559 tons
Summer DWT:
162,867 tons
Length:
366.05 m
Beam:
51.2 m
Draught:
15.6 m

AIS Position
of this ship

Last known position:
22°31’33.45” N, 114°24’21.9” E
Status:
Speed, course (heading):
14.5kts, 309.8° (308°)
Destination:
 - Location:
Yantian
 - Arrival:
29th Mar 2024 / 18:00:38 UTC
Last update:
about 18 hours ago
Source:
AIS (ShipXplorer)

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Dear Geert. I posted this view 6 years ago and MSC GAIA was for me at the time the largest merchant ship I had ever seen. I returned to the Schelde twice since then and did see larger box ships which are 400 meters long. I've also been to the Maaslavtke but didn't unfortunately get to see VLCCs of the size you mention. I live near Montréal, Canada, which is a port 800km inland from the Atlantic Ocean and although 300m-long box ships do call, size is limited to air and deep draft as well as to lenght because of the winding river.

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Hi Marc! The largest ship? You're Canadian but seem to live near the Schelde river in Holland/Belgium. To see still much bigger ships I would advice you to come to Rotterdam-Europoort! That' not far from where you live. Then you can see VLCC's and VLOC's of some 300,000 to 400,000 tons deadweight or more, like the TI Europe, world's biggest VLCC of 442,470 tons dwt, or the Vale ore carriers of more than 400,000 tons dwt.

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