The Naming Ceremony for DMHI’s Hull No. 4054, MSC CAROUGE was held on March 24, 2007, at the Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries S.A. shipyard in the presence of about 75 people and was performed by the Lady sponsor Prof. Dr. Edith Huland

Present were representatives of the owners, classification society, Port State Authorities, pre-financing banks, operating company and representatives of DSME.

The shipbuilding contract for Hull No. 4054 was signed on March 30, 2004, ordered by GEBAB, care of Buxtehude-based NSB. The project Hull No. 4054, MSC CAROUGE is the third vessel in a series of twelve and is chartered to MSC.

The first two vessels in this series were DMHI’s Hull Nos. 4052 and 4053, ( MSC GENEVA & MSC LEIGH ). These first two projects of the series were delivered in July 27, 2006, November 29, 2006 respectively . Currently these types of vessels are the biggest ever built container carriers operating in the Black Sea area and in Romania said Daewoo-Mangalia

By the delivery of this vessel to their owners, the company said, DMHI demonstrates that it has state-of-the-art technology, capacities and know-how to safely complete all the process from engineering to procurement, construction and delivery of the vessel at high quality standards.


Type Containership
Complement 30
Capacity (TEU) 4.860
Design DSME Speed 24 Knots
Main Engine & power B&W 54.320 BHP
Length overall 275 m
Depth 21.5 m
Classification Germanischer Lloyd
Breadth 32.2 m
Scantling Draft 12 m