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ViewsMSC NapoliFrom SN GuidesMSC Napoli is a United Kingdom-flagged container ship and the first Post-Panamax container vessel. The ship was built in 1991 and has a capacity of 4,419 TEU or 62,000 tons. She was built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Kŏje Shipyard, is owned by Metvale Ltd., a subsidiary of TG21 plc, is managed by Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd, and is under charter to Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. In 2001, then named CMA CGM Normandie, she was en route from Port Klang to Jakarta when she ran aground on a reef in the Singapore Strait and remained stuck for several weeks. She was repaired by the Khanh Hoa shipyard in Vietnam, which included the welding of more than 3,000 tonnes of metal onto the hull. |
