MSC MELODY
imo 7902295
Owner: MSC CROCIERE - ITALY part of the Swiss MSC-Container Lines one of the largest shipping comp. in the world.
| April 25 -2009 MSC Melody an Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them away, Captain Ciro Pinto said Sunday. The captain told Italian state radio that six men in a small boat approached the ship and opened fire Saturday night, but retreated after the Israeli security officers aboard the cruise ship returned fire. "It felt like we were in war," Pinto said. None of the roughly 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members were hurt, Melody owner Msc Cruises said in a statement. The cruise ship was headed as scheduled to the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The Melody was on a 22-day cruise from Durban, South Africa, to Genoa, Italy. |
Entered service: 1982 - Refit: 1997 - Gross tonnage: 34.924 - Pass. cap. lower beds: 1064 - All berths: 1550 - Passenger decks: 8 - Length: 204,07 m.- Beam: 27,40 m. - Main propulsion : 2 Diesel engines Grandi Motori Fiat 10 cylinders power each: 11.190 kW. - 2 Controllable pitch propellers - Service Speed: 19 knots - Built: C.N.I.M. - France - Yard no.: 1432 - Classification: DNV - Flag: Panama
MSC MELODY - Former names: Atlantic -Starship Atlantic.
| Passenger space ratio all berths: 22.53 |
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