The Mediterranean Shipping Company names its owned ships with female names (charters have various themes). Reports indicate that as of October 2022 the company owned 394 ships, chartered 312 ships and had 126 ships on order. (Total carrying capacity is well in excess of 4 million TEU.) As the fleet grows, earlier this year overtaking Maersk as the world's largest, they keep finding unique names for their ships. Today's arrival (November 15) appears to be a feminization of the male name "Ross": MSC Rossella.
Sailing on the CANEX 2 service, the ship arrived at PSA Atlantic Hub this morning from Montreal. The ship will top up cargo to bring it to sea going draft, then sail for Barcelona, Leghorn, Genoa and Valencia.
A typical MSC ship - they are well known for maintaining older ships - the MSC Rossella was built in 1993 by Samsung Shipbuilding + Heavy Industry on Geoge Island (formerly rendered as Koje) South Korea. Launched as Hansa Europe it was renamed Ville de Carina on delivery. It became MSC Rossella in 1997. The 37,938 gt, 43,605 dwt ship has a capacity of 3398 TEU.
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