The MSC Katrina is a container ship and is one of the ULCS ships under the Panamanian flag. She is one of the ships of the MSC Beryl type . The ship is almost 366 meters long.
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The MSC Katrina is part of a series commissioned by the Athens shipping company Niki Shipping in August 2007 . The ships were from late 2009 to 2012 from that in Changwon , South Korea -based shipyard STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Company delivered. Originally nine ships of the type were commissioned, but ultimately only seven units were built. The MSC Katrina and all other ships in the series are used by the Mediterranean Shipping Company from Geneva .
Container fire 2015
In January 2015, the charcoal load in a container caught fire on the MSC Katrina in the North Sea south of Heligoland . The ship was on its way from Antwerp to Hamburg when the fire was discovered around 3:50 a.m. Two teams of specially trained fire-fighting units were brought on board by the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS). The action was coordinated by the emergency command in Cuxhaven . After the extinguishing work was over, the ship continued its voyage.
