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MSC SOCOTRA - IMO 7907477

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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Captured:
Oct 24, 2006
Added:
Apr 20, 2020
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Image Resolution:
2,504 x 1,543

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24/10/2006, sailing from the Port of Felixstowe, England.

Keel laid on 27/08/1979, launched on 23/01/1980 and completed at the shipyard on 19/05/1980 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan (1325)
29,508 g.t., 34,031 dwt., and 2,258 teu, as:
'Transworld Bridge' to 1999,
'Astoria Bridge' to 2003 and
'MSC Socotra' until sold to India for demolition, arriving at Alang on 30/05/2009. The ship was beached and work commenced on 06/06/2009.

In 1982 the vessel was lengthened to become 244.7 m long, with new tonnages of 35,598 g.t. and 43,070 dwt.

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Current name:
MSC SOCOTRA

Former name(s):

 -  Astoria Bridge (Until 2003 Jan)

 -  Transworld Bridge (Until 1999 Mar)

Vessel Type:
Container Ship
Gross tonnage:
35,065 tons
Summer DWT:
43,000 tons

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