Panama issued in 2018 four stamps and a miniature sheet for the Panama Canal Expansion.
On the MS is depict the MSC ANZU, on both stamps in the MS, one is clear but the other stamp is not so good to identify, so it could be wrong.
Built as a container ship under yard no 208806 by New Times Shipbuilding Co, Jingjiang, China for the China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Nanshan Qu, Shenzhen, China.
24 July 2013 ordered.
29 December 2014 laid down.
05 June 2015 launched as the MSC ANZU
Tonnage 95,403 grt, 56,898 net, 109,619 dwt. Dim. 299.95 x 48.2 x 24.60, length bpp. 286m, draught 14.5m.
Powered by one MAN 9-cyl. diesel engine, 47,430 kW, one shaft, speed 23.8 knots.
Capacity 8,819 TEU’s
31 August 2015 completed, under Panama flag and registry, IMO No 9710426.
Managed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., Geneva, Switzerland.
She is a ship used in the SAWC-USA-NWC service of MSC between Europe, the United States and de South America West Coast.
19 March 2017 she after the inauguration of the expanded Panama Canal, was the 1,000 neo-panamax vessel which transited the canal.
2018 In service, same name, registry, owner and manager.
Source: http://www.miramarshipindex.nz Equasis and DNV Classification. Internet.
Panama 2018 B/0.75 sgMS?, scott?