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© Christian Plagué (www.marine-marchande.net) Steel twin pod motor vessel built in 2006 by Aker Chantiers Atlantique, France (Yard No. S32) for MSC Cruise Line. D i m e n s i o n s / T e c h n i c a l D a t a Original Cost - $360 million Registry - Panama MMSI Number - 355931000IMO Number - 9387073 Length - 293.8m (964.5 ft) Breadth of hull - 32.2m (105.6 ft) Draught - 8.0m (26.2 ft) Tonnage - 85,000 gross deadweight Engines - Five Wärtsilä W16V38B diesels.Power/Propellers - 31680 kW/ 2 pods Speed - 23 knots Capacity - 2,550 passengers Crew - 987 Navigation Officers - Italian Passenger Decks - 13 Call Sign - 3EPL4 H i s t o r y / R e m a r k s December 6th 2006: The keel was laid. Part of the tradition of shipbuilding is placing a coin in the ship's keel. Stefania Vago, the sister of MSC CEO and President Pierfrancesco Vago had the honour of placing the coin before Poesia's keel was laid today. Even this coin had a family connection. It belonged to her grandmother, a bridge player who had won this gold coin in a bridge competition, and it will forever be part of MSC's ship.September 3rd 2007: Technical float-out.
© Christian Plagué (www.marine-marchande.net) 2008: Delivered to Compania Naviera Poesia, S, A, Panama (Mediterranean Shipping Co, Genoa, Italy).
© Christian Plagué (www.marine-marchande.net) April 3rd 2008: Departed Aker Chantiers Atlantique for Dover.
© Christian Plagué (www.marine-marchande.net) April 4th 2008: Inaugural arrival at Dover.
© Nigel Thornton © John Mavin April 5th 2008: Christened at the port by actress Sophia Loren. The launch party, on Saturday night, also featured opera singer Andrea Bocelli, singers KT Tunstall, Peter Grant, and the Ronnie Scott Orchestra and the Radio 1 DJ Fern Cotton.
© John Mavin April 6th 2008: Sailed on positioning cruise to Venice. | |||
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We would like to thank: John Mavin and Christian Plagué (www.marine-marchande.net) for there assistance in producing this feature. | |||
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