MSC Gulsun

IMO 9839430 · MMSI 636019825

Spotlight

MSC Gülsün was the world's largest container ship at her launch in July 2019 — 399.9 m long, 61.5 m wide, 232,618 GT, with a nominal capacity of 23,756 TEU. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea and flagged Liberia. Named after Gülsün Cansever, wife of MSC shipowner Gianluigi Aponte's operations chief. She led the Megamax-24 generation that pushed containership size past the practical Suez Canal beam limit, forcing schedule redesign at every trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe terminal. Superseded in scale by Ever Ace (2021) and OOCL Spain (2023).

Crew perspective

Megamax-24s like Gülsün require a bigger bridge team than pre-2010 container ships — the 23m stack heights obstruct radar and demand more forward-scanning lookouts during approach. Chief mates preparing for command on this class study Ever Given (2021) as the canonical case for how these ships behave in constrained waters.

Sister ships

MSC Mia, MSC Samar, MSC Leni, MSC Mina, MSC Sixin

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Type: Container
Flag: 🇱🇷 Liberia · compare
Year built: 2019
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries
GT: 232,618
DWT: 225,744
LOA: 399.9 m
Beam: 61.5 m
Draft: 16.5 m
Class: Bureau Veritas
Owner: Mediterranean Shipping Company
Manager: Mediterranean Shipping Company

First of the 23,756-TEU Megamax-24 class.

Vessel history

MSC Gülsün, at the time of her launch in 2019, was the world's largest container ship . Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, she is 61.5 metres (201 ft 9 in) wide and 399.9 metres (1,312 ft 0 in) long. With a cargo system designed by MacGregor International AB , the ship has a capacity of 23,756 containers (TEU ) in rows of 24 across. MSC Gülsün is registered in Panama and operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company , Switzerland and the Netherlands.[\[1\]](ht…

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PSC detention history

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