With the inaugural calls earlier this month of MSC's Europe /West Coast South America service, a whole new (to Halifax) group of MSC ships will be calling here. Today (June 25) it was MSC Anisha R. arriving this morning from Bremerhaven and sailing this afternoon for Boston.
Not surprisingly the ship was carrying a huge quantity of reefer boxes on deck. South America is a large exporter of fruit and vegetables, and because it is in the southern hemisphere, its growing season corresponds to northern winter when there is large demand for produce.
Also not surprising, Anisha R. is an older ship, built in 2002 by Samsung Heavy Industry in Geoje. It was launched as Santa Rafaela, delivered as P+O Nedlloyd Remura then renamed in 2006: Maersk Denia, 2007: Southampton Express , 2009: Santa Rafaela and acquired its current name in 2015.
It is a 45,803 gt, 53,328 dwt ship with a capacity of 4112 TEU including a very large number of 1200 reefers. The latter number explains its selection for this route, and also suggests that MSC will want to keep the ship going for a while longer. It has also been fitted with an exhaust gas scrubber system. One bay of deck space has been given up for the scrubber tower. (The TEU capacity is therefore somewhat less than the 4112 figure quoted above.)
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