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来源：Offshore Energy 2023-11-21

翻译：国际海事信息网 赵扬捷 张运鸿

        全球最大的航运公司地中海航运公司（MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company）命名了其最新的24,000+TEU节油集装箱船。

        2023年11月20日，24,116 TEU的“地中海 塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡”（MSC Celestino Maresca）号在意大利最大的港口Gioia Tauro命名。

        “地中海 塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡”号是地中海航运创纪录的新船型。这艘新造船的运载能力超过 24000 个标准箱，是世界上最大和最具可持续性的船舶之一。

        据《近海能源》今年早些时候的报道，这艘新船已于 3 月 23 日交付。

        这艘船是为了纪念1978年加入地中海航运并在索伦托创建地中海航运船舶管理办公室的塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡船长，也是马雷斯卡对公司贡献的见证。仪式的高潮是马雷斯卡教母塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡的妻子为新船剪彩。

        这艘超大型集装箱船（ULCV）由中国江南上海长兴国际船厂建造，船长400米，型宽61.5米，吃水17米。

        “地中海 塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡”号具有多项创新的环保功能，如低速电控发动机、空气润滑系统、压载水处理系统和瓦锡兰混合洗涤系统等。

        2023年7月，地中海航运将推出创纪录的24000多标准箱的“塞莱斯蒂诺马雷斯卡”级船舶，并在行业挑战不断的情况下持续投资于业务，从而荣获了Seatrade Maritime Awards 2023年度 "最佳航运公司 "奖。

        该奖项旨在表彰地中海航运在过去一年里在全球和行业挑战中保持全球贸易发展的杰出表现、公司在供应链去碳化方面的承诺和成就，以及在引领行业数字化方面发挥的重要作用。在数字化方面，作为数字集装箱运输协会（DCSA）的创始成员，地中海航运于2023年2月承诺到2030年实现100%使用电子提单（eBL）。

        与此同时，为了履行到 2050 年实现船队零碳排放的承诺，地中海航运准备了一系列强有力的措施，以确保遵守国际海事组织的最新规定。这包括今年早些时候推出的新航程优化计划、寻求一系列替代燃料解决方案以及通过新造船计划实现船队现代化。

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MSC Celestino Maresca named at Italy’s largest port

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the biggest shipping company in the world, has named its newest 24,000+ TEU fuel-efficient containership.

On November 20, 2023, the 24,116 TEU MSC Celestino Maresca was named at Italy’s largest port, Gioia Tauro.

The MSC Celestino Maresca is the namesake of MSC’s new class of record-breaking vessels. The newbuild has a capacity of over 24,000 TEUs, making it one of the world’s largest and most sustainable vessels.

As Offshore Energy reported earlier this year, the newbuilding was delivered on March 23.

The vessel honors Captain Celestino Maresca, who joined MSC in 1978 and founded MSC’s ship management office in Sorrento, and it stands as a testament to Maresca’s contributions to the company. The ceremony culminated with the blessing of the ship where the wife of Celestino Maresca, the vessel’s godmother, cut the ribbon.

Built at Jiangnan Shanghai Changxing HI shipyard in China, the ultra large container vessel (ULCV) has a length of 400 meters, a beam of 61.5 meters and a draft of 17 meters.

MSC Celestino Maresca has several innovative, environmentally friendly features such as a low-speed electronically controlled engine, an air lubrication system, a ballast water treatment system, and a Wärtsilä hybrid scrubber system, among others.

Launching the record-breaking 24,000+ TEU Celestino Maresca class vessels in July 2023 and continuous investment in business despite ongoing industry challenges secured MSC the ‘Shipping Company of the Year’ award at Seatrade Maritime Awards 2023.

This accolade recognizes MSC for its outstanding response in keeping worldwide trade moving amid global and industry challenges, the company’s commitment and achievements in supply chain decarbonization, and its significant role in leading digitalization for the industry in the past year. On the digitalization front, as a founding member of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), in February 2023 MSC committed to transition to 100% use of electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs) by 2030.

Meanwhile, in line with its commitment to net zero decarbonization of its fleet by 2050, MSC prepared a range of robust measures to ensure compliance with the latest IMO regulations. This includes a new voyage optimization program rolled out earlier this year, pursuing a range of alternative fuel solutions as well as modernizing its fleet through the newbuilding program.