{"id":49297,"date":"2025-06-04T16:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49297"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:41:27","slug":"msc-irina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/msc-irina\/","title":{"rendered":"MSC Irina"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MSC Irina Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest container ship, MSC Irina, is set to make its maiden call at the Vizhinjam port, Kerala.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the\u00a0<strong>first time MSC Irina<\/strong>, the lead ship of the MSC Irina-class, a series of six identical<strong>\u00a0ultra-large container vessel<\/strong>s (ULCVs), is\u00a0<strong>sailing into the coast of a south Asian port.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About MSC Irina<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>container ship<\/strong>\u00a0built in 2023 and currently<strong>\u00a0sailing under the flag of Liberia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>world\u2019s largest container ship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is<strong>\u00a0operated by\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0<strong>Swiss-based<\/strong>\u00a0container shipping giant,\u00a0<strong>Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is 399.9 meters long and 61.3 meters wide.<\/li>\n<li>The Irina-class ships have a capacity of 24,346 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). It exceeds the previous record-holder, OOCL Spain, by over 150 TEU.<\/li>\n<li>The vessel could\u00a0<strong>carry more than 24,300 standard 20-foot shipping containers<\/strong>\u00a0stacked up to 22 decks.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond its size, MSC Irina is a\u00a0<strong>pioneer in green shipping.<\/strong>\u00a0The vessel incorporates cutting-edge innovations.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>With\u00a0<strong>air lubrication technology, energy-efficient propellers<\/strong>, and advanced hull design, the ship significantly\u00a0<strong>reduces fuel consumption<\/strong>\u00a0and lowers its carbon footprint.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These features make it one of the most eco-friendly mega container ships ever built.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MSC Irina FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:\u00a0<\/strong>Is MSC Irina the largest container ship in the world?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, as of 2025, MSC Irina holds the title of the world&#8217;s largest container ship by capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0Under which country\u2019s flag is MSC Irina currently sailing?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Liberia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0Which company operates the MSC Irina?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is operated by the Swiss-based container shipping giant, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/amp\/story\/states\/kerala\/2025\/Jun\/04\/keralite-at-helm-worlds-largest-container-vessel-all-set-for-vizhinjam-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSC Irina, built in 2023, is a modern container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, enhancing global maritime cargo transport capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[693,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-49297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-msc-irina","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}